Bryce has balance issues. We know this, his teachers know this, the specialist knows this and pretty much anyone that meets him can see it. When he came home from the hospital, we were told that he could take the cone off. After following him around for a few minutes, NO WAY! We kept it on for quite a while. Even still, he managed to fall so many times. The worst was when he tripped over a pumpkin and face planted on the cement. He doesn't look before he moves and most of the time he moves full speed ahead. So, it's been a challenge for us to protect him. I wish we had a bubble suit. I'm not even kidding.
We met with Dr. W on the 30th and he thinks everything looks good. We had more questions about Brayden than we did for Bryce. He reminded us to protect the implant. This upcoming Wednesday is the big day. The audiologist will turn on the device. We want to be hopeful but we're scared to get our hopes up too much.
I did attend Bryce's holiday party and met another Mom. Her daughter had a C.I. just like Bryce and by the same doctor. He said the same thing to them but yet her daughter has benefit from it. Dr. W. did say although they didn't get the response they hoped for, they do expect to see some benefit. The little girl in his class can hear blocks shaking and she can hear her name. Bryce's teacher is amazing and so encouraging. She's let me know that if she had deaf children she would do exactly what we're doing. It will give them the opportunity to maybe hear.
Some don't believe in CIs but it's a choice everyone has to make for themselves. In our situation, our children had hearing and lost and are losing it. Why wouldn't we want to restore it? We also appreciate learning sign and it's a part of our family now.
Matt and I were talking about it on our way to church this morning. At this point, we have adjusted to having a deaf child. If the CI doesn't work, well, life will continue as is. If it does work, then that's great too.
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