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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – National Health Statistics show that ear, nose and throat disorders remain some of the top reasons kids visit the doctors. For one Lincoln mom, she and her 4-year-old daughter know this far too well.

Emorie Quakenbush is just like any other 4-year-old girl. She loves watching “Frozen” and “Peppa Pig” and eating chicken nuggets. What’s separating her from the rest is that she’s already undergone five surgeries. Hopefully her surgery in October of this year will be her last.

When Hailee Quakenbush first had Emorie, she was born as a healthy little girl at six pounds, five ounces and no complications.

It was only months after that when her mom started noticing a few things. Emorie began pulling at her ears, wouldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep and always had red, watery eyes.

After countless doctor’s visits, being told Emorie just had ear infections and antibiotic after antibiotic, nothing seemed to work. That was until Emorie was finally referred to an otolaryngologist, commonly known as an ENT.

At two and a half years old, Emorie had tubes put in her ears multiple times and had her tonsils taken out. By the time she was three years old, she had undergone four different surgeries.

Emorie’s mom says it’s hard, but she knows it’s all to help her daughter. “After a surgery and a few days, she’s back to my daughter. She’s happy, and she wants to play. She’s eating, and I’m not wiping snot off of her nose every five minutes,” said Quakenbush.

From bulging ear drums, to excessive drainage, Emorie’s ENT says it’s a good thing her mom got her in when she did.

Sleepless nights and surgery after surgery have been challenges for this mother-daughter duo, but Quakenbush says there’s one thing that keeps her going. “Faith. God has been a huge part of helping me and working me through this. I just pray, and I’m like, ‘Please give me the strength.’ We got this. We’re going to do this,” Quakenbush told 10/11 NOW.

As Quakenbush did, Lincoln ENT, Dr. Aaron Robinson at CHI Health ENT Nebraska suggests parents get on top of these issues early on. It may help your child have a more normal development and may avoid future possible issues or surgeries.

You may have seen your child experience some issues similar to Emorie, such as hearing issues, chronic ear infections, even snoring. Dr. Robinson says another thing to look out for, especially in younger children, is speech delay. In these cases, he says see a professional as soon as you can.

Like in Emorie’s case, Dr. Robinson says the best options for kids experiencing ear, nose and throat issues are antibiotics and in worse cases, it’s surgery.

Before these become options Dr. Robinson feels like your best bet to avoiding complications in your child is to get referred to a specialist as soon as you can.

Children with these chronic issues can sometimes develop behavioral issues like having a tough time in school or even wetting the bed at older ages. Dr. Robinson tells 10/11 that’s why getting an appointment for your child in these cases is so important.

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The former Teen Mom 2 star, 27, shared a celebratory Instagram photo on Tuesday of 5-year-old Kaiser — whom she shares with ex Nathan Griffith — giving a thumbs-up after graduating pre-school.

In the photo, Evans kneels down beside Kaiser, who is dressed in his all-blue graduation attire with a big smile on his face.

The exciting time for Evans comes after a whirlwind year for her family. In October, Kaiser received ear tubes surgery after his hearing was suffering.

Kaiser, who was 4 at the time, underwent Adenoidectomy, which is the “removal of the adenoid” and “is performed by an ears, nose, and throat surgeon in the operating room under general anesthesia,” according to the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

In May, Evans temporarily lost custody of her children after her husband, David Eason, allegedly shot and killed their family dog, Nugget, for biting their 2-year-old daughter, Ensley, in the face. Over a month later, the reality star confirmed to PEOPLE she had regained custody of Kaiser and Ensley.

“Throughout this long process and final decision, I am excited to be moving forward and continuing to show America I’m a good parent,” Evans told PEOPLE in a statement.

According to TMZ, Evans’ mother, Barbara Evans, still maintains custody of her 9-year-old son Jace (with ex Andrew Lewis).

On the day Evans confirmed her children were back in her arms, she tweeted, “Crying in tears of joy” alongside three crying face emojis.

During the custody battle, Evans — who was fired from Teen Mom 2 in May — and Eason reunited with the children at Kaiser’s 5th birthday party.

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Ear, nose and throat specialist, Dr. Kevin Jensen, will be the first full-time medical provider at the Wasilla offices of Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists of Alaska. Dr. Jensen joined the Valley medical community on June 18 and will be treating patients at his clinic on Seward-Meridian Parkway and at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center.

Jensen, or Dr. J as he prefers to be called, offers a broad spectrum of otolaryngology services, including endoscopic sinus surgery, thyroid surgery, and obstructive sleep apnea surgery. Thanks to his military background, he also has experience in endoscopic Eustachian tube balloon dilation, and is one of the first providers in Alaska to offer this procedure.

“We were able to take this new technology, which doesn’t have its own billing procedure code yet and use it to help our patients,” Jensen said. Many civilian physicians have not yet adopted this technique, he said, because it is too new to be covered by insurance plans.

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The dilation can help those with Eustachian tube dysfunction, including people who have chronic ear infections or retracted ear drums, those with difficulty clearing their ears during altitude changes, and people who have had long-term use of ear tubes.

The procedure is done by pushing an endoscope through the nose into the opening of the Eustachian tube. An inflated balloon is used to fill space which dilates the Eustachian tube for two minutes before it is relaxed and released. Over time this procedure helps relieve symptoms of chronic ear problems such as fluid build-up.

Jensen believes that the FDA will approve the procedure soon so that it can be covered by insurance. For now he offers the service through self-pay.

Early on in his education, Jenson saw himself headed in the direction of Family Medicine. He liked the idea of treating all ages, from senior citizens and adults to children. It was while he was undertaking a rotation in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) care in medical school that he realized how drawn he was to surgery, as well. Now he sees how the hands-on nature of being a surgeon is an ideal match for his personality.

“I really was drawn to being able to work with my hands and using techniques with my hands,” he said.

Jensen is currently one of the only Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine in the ENT field of Alaska, a fact that he feels sets him apart from other providers due to the more holistic and whole-body approach to medicine that comes with being a DO.

When his career took off, people began to call him Dr. J after his basketball hero, Julius Erving, and it has since become his preferred title.

“It really rings in my ear when I hear people say Dr. J,” Jenson said.

Jensen began his career in the military, where he received most of his medical education. He served as a US Air Force Flight Surgeon for three years. Jensen was born and raised in New Mexico, but has lived all over the United States. His family has moved so often that each of his six children was born in a different state.

Dr. J completed 14 years of military service and looks forward to transitioning his medical practice to the civilian community. Several years ago he was stationed as an ENT doctor at Elmendorf Air Force Base, which is how he caught the Alaska Bug.

“Hook, line and sinker…then they moved me to Las Vegas against my will,” said Jensen.

Now he looks forward to returning to Alaska and taking part in his favorite outdoor activities with his family.

“We’re all excited about moving back to Alaska and participating in everything that Alaska has to offer in the outdoors and just the prime, quality people.”

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Sinus and ENT specialist Dr. Greg DeSautel has joined Northwest Iowa Ear, Nose & Throat. Dr. DeSautel will join Dr. Josh Espelund and Dr. Daniel Jorgensen in providing comprehensive pediatric and adult care to patients through the Spencer-based practice and six satellite clinic locations.

“We’re pleased to welcome Dr. DeSautel to our practice,” commented Dr. Espelund. “He is an experienced surgeon, previously based in the Sioux Falls, SD region. Dr. DeSautel will be a great addition to our team as we provide healthcare services to patients throughout northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota.”

The professionals of NW Iowa ENT provide a full range of specialty care for all ear, nose and throat concerns and also provide treatment for diseases and disorders of the head and neck.

Dr. DeSautel is looking forward to joining NW Iowa ENT to establish practice in a small community with a family atmosphere. “I am excited to join dedicated providers to help care for the ENT needs of Spencer and the surrounding communities,” stated Dr. DeSautel.

Dr. DeSautel earned his bachelor of science degree in biology from Luther College in Decorah. He
graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, and then completed residencies in
general surgery and otolaryngology at the University of California in Davis, CA. Dr. DeSautel also earned a master of business education from the University of Sioux Falls.

Dr. DeSautel has practiced in the Sioux Falls region since 1997, most recently as an ENT specialist at Sanford Ear, Nose & Throat. In February, Dr. DeSautel was appointed as cabinet secretary for the South Dakota Department of Social Services. He resigned from that position earlier this spring, expressing a desire to return to patient care.

Dr. DeSautel is married with four children, a daughter 26 years old, and three sons, ages 22, 21, and 12 years old. He enjoys spending time with his family at the lake, bike riding and running.

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Hearing loss affects more than 500 million people worldwide and surgery is one of the ways the problem can be addressed. However, operating on the complex structure of the ear is a challenge for ENT surgeons who have to perform delicate procedures using large, cumbersome microscopes which Tympany Medical co-founder Dr Liz McGloughlin says are far from ideal.

In 2016 McGloughlin teamed up with designer and company co-founder Rory O’Callaghan to develop a miniature device that will replace the scopes used by surgeons for the last half century. Tympany’s solution will revolutionise how ENT surgeons operate and will also allow many more procedures to be carried out in outpatient settings.  

“We have developed the world’s first specialised endoscope for ear surgery that gives surgeons a wide-angle view of the ear but still allows them to operate without changing their well-established surgical techniques,” McGloughlin says. “Our product is called Otovu and it is a compact visualisation device that leverages cutting-edge optic and sensor technologies.

“Pathology of the ear often necessitates surgery to repair the eardrum or remove benign tumours which affect conductive or bony hearing and our device allows surgeons to operate in a faster and more minimally invasive manner,” explains McGloughlin who studied medicine at UCD and trained in anaesthesia and critical care before joining the BioInnovate programme at NUI Galway in 2016. BioInnovate brings medical practitioners, engineers and designers together to find solutions to unmet clinical needs.

“As an industrial designer who also has a masters in medical-device design, Rory could see the ergonomic challenges instantly and when we showed our initial concept to Prof Colin Driscoll, chair of the department of otorhinolaryngology – head and neck surgery – at the Mayo Clinic, he was really excited and wondered why surgeons were not already operating this way,” McGloughlin says.

Tailor our device’

“By working side by side with surgeons in Ireland, Europe and the Mayo Clinic in the US, and with the input of ENT professor Ivan Keogh, also of NUI Galway, we have been able to tailor our device to meet surgeons’ needs exactly – unlike existing microscopes and endoscopes. The user interface was critical for us and it was also a huge challenge to miniaturise the components. Traditionally, surgical solutions for other specialisms were shoehorned into use for ENT procedures. With Otovu ENT gets its own dedicated device. These are very skilled surgeons and our device will allow them to do so much more,” McGloughlin says.

Tympany Medical will be spun out from NUIG later this year and as of now the business employs four people. It has been supported by Enterprise Ireland with an investment of €426,000 under its commercialisation fund. In 2018, the company won €50,000 in the EU-backed EIT Health Headstart competition for early-stage health service and product ideas. It is now seeking to raise in excess of €1.5 million to secure regulatory approval for the product in the US and Europe.

‘Next milestone’

“As with all medtech products, there is a regulatory process so the next milestone is to complete that successfully,” says McGloughlin who may have medtech in her blood as her father is a biomedical engineer. “We are hoping to make or at least assemble the device in Ireland and a key selling point with healthcare systems worldwide is that, because our device will allow more surgeries to be done in a minimally invasive way, it will make absolute sense for them to go with it from an economic point of view.”

McGloughlin didn’t go into BioInnovate expecting to start a business. Rather she had seen it more as an opportunity to shed new light on her existing clinical practice. But a meeting of minds with Rory O’Callaghan and the realisation that their pooled backgrounds represented a strong skillset encouraged them to develop out their idea, which is expected to have its commercial launch in 2022.

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But the 21-year-old early childhood teacher from Taranaki, New Zealand, has since learned the cancer had spread to surrounding lymph nodes and her lungs.

Writing over the Give A Little donation website, she said: “My journey began over a year ago, at the start of 2018. This was when I noticed a small lump behind my right ear.

“Initially, this did not worry me; it wasn’t until April last year, when the lump had doubled in size and my ear was beginning to go numb that I decided to go to my local GP.”

After multiple scans, biopsys, referrals, Emily underwent a major six-hour operation to remove the Large Cell Undifferentiated Carcinoma located in her main salivary parotid gland.

The procedure left her right side of her face paralysed.

She recounted: “Then it was over, things were finally able to go back to normal and I was able to start living my life again.

“I slowly returned to my job as an early childhood teacher and eventually was able to go back to my usual 40 hour week.

“I was even considering starting my Bachelor in Teaching (Early Childhood).

“Things were finally back to how they used to be and I was able to make some plans for my future and try and put this whole cancer thing behind me.”

But in February this year, a routine check up showed the cancer had spread, with multiple lesions across both of her lungs.

“There was always that chance of the cancer coming back, but never in a million years did I expect this, or for it to happen so soon,” Emily said.

“This changed everything. Because the lesions were so small and spread across both my lungs surgery wasn’t an option, we were also unable to do radiation as this would damage my lungs too much.”

Her mother Sarah described hearing the news for the first time.

“The floor just dropped below us,” she told NZ publication stuff.co.nz.

Sarah recalled meeting an oncologist, recounting the experience: “He said ‘Emily, I don’t think I can cure you’.”

For Emily, surgery nor radiation are an option due to the nature and size of the cancer.

The best hope for keeping the cancer at bay is immunotherapy, at a cost of $60,000 for a 10-week treatment.

The treatment, which helps the immune system fight cancer on its own, will need to be funded by Emily and her family.

Mother Sarah said: “You do what you do; you’d sell your house and live in a tent if you had to.

“But we don’t know what the future holds for Em.”

Emily hopes to start treatment soon after recently discovering the lesions had changed and started to grow.

She posted to Facebook: “Because of this we are going to be needing to start immunotherapy sooner than we thought. We may be beginning this in the next 2-3 weeks or possibly sooner.

“If my body responds well to the immunotherapy then this is something that we can do indefinitely.

“This means we could be doing this for a long time; possibly even years.

“Now the immunotherapy is not a cure, and will not cure me; currently there is no cure. But it should be able to prevent the lesions from growing and keep them at bay for as long as possible.

“Medicine is changing all the time and I am hopeful that one day there will be a cure but currently this is my best chance at keeping the cancer at bay until that cure is found.”

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