Hi everybody! (I think you all say "Hi, Dr. Nick.").
I don't have a single new picture for you, oddly enough, but I do have news. Rose finally saw the surgeon yesterday. Great news! She's now scheduled for her cochlear implant on February 2nd. That's groundhog's day, which means absolutely nothing, but makes a good way to remember it. She should have a one night stay in the hospital, and be back to her normal self in just 5 days or so. That's not too bad. Of course the implant device won't be turned on for a few weeks after that, so she won't start hearing right off the bat.
Our decisions now are getting simpler. We had to choose which ear to do. Usually there is one ear that makes a better candidate than the other, but the surgeon said that with Rosie there is really no difference. Then, it was suggested that we choose the ear that will be in the center of the car when Rose is driving, so she can hear the conversations. But, we pointed out that which ear is in the center of the car totally depends on which country we are in. It could be either! So... that failed as a criteria. Ben and I looked at each other and both said "I think the right ear", so... right it shall be. I think it's just what we each pictured in our heads. Now, the next decision is just which color we want the external processor to be. We'll let you know.
Rose's big brother Alex has come home to roost, and we couldn't be happier about it. We really missed him.
We're getting ready for Thanksgiving. Rose is cutting a new tooth today, so she should be able to devour an entire turkey by thursday. With these top teeth coming in she will likely be able to bite Ben's finger off if nothing else.
Our only other bit of news is that one of our next door neighbors, Della, passed away. Some of you out there knew her. She was over 100 years old, so it comes as no great surprise, but Della was kind of a fan of Rose. She was always thrilled to see her.
Well, anyway, it's Rose's bedtime, so that's all for now. We will have more pictures soon, I promise. Good wishes and tons of love to all of you.
I don't have a single new picture for you, oddly enough, but I do have news. Rose finally saw the surgeon yesterday. Great news! She's now scheduled for her cochlear implant on February 2nd. That's groundhog's day, which means absolutely nothing, but makes a good way to remember it. She should have a one night stay in the hospital, and be back to her normal self in just 5 days or so. That's not too bad. Of course the implant device won't be turned on for a few weeks after that, so she won't start hearing right off the bat.
Our decisions now are getting simpler. We had to choose which ear to do. Usually there is one ear that makes a better candidate than the other, but the surgeon said that with Rosie there is really no difference. Then, it was suggested that we choose the ear that will be in the center of the car when Rose is driving, so she can hear the conversations. But, we pointed out that which ear is in the center of the car totally depends on which country we are in. It could be either! So... that failed as a criteria. Ben and I looked at each other and both said "I think the right ear", so... right it shall be. I think it's just what we each pictured in our heads. Now, the next decision is just which color we want the external processor to be. We'll let you know.
Rose's big brother Alex has come home to roost, and we couldn't be happier about it. We really missed him.
We're getting ready for Thanksgiving. Rose is cutting a new tooth today, so she should be able to devour an entire turkey by thursday. With these top teeth coming in she will likely be able to bite Ben's finger off if nothing else.
Our only other bit of news is that one of our next door neighbors, Della, passed away. Some of you out there knew her. She was over 100 years old, so it comes as no great surprise, but Della was kind of a fan of Rose. She was always thrilled to see her.
Well, anyway, it's Rose's bedtime, so that's all for now. We will have more pictures soon, I promise. Good wishes and tons of love to all of you.
posted by Tiffany @ 8:22 PM
3 Comments:
At 8:01 PM, November 18, 2006,
Anonymous said…
how exciting what a great Xmas present for Rose. I remember our neighbours children who had colar , one of there first test they do with them when colar turned on is pop a balloon, they find it really really loud. and to see there faces at hearing that noise, just awesome.
At 12:06 PM, November 19, 2006,
Anonymous said…
Greeting from the land of the Lizard People, aka beige world.
Good news all around on the blog. Interesting about decideing which ear, and of course, from that little dialoge I infer confirmation that they'll only do one ear. Persoanlly, that seems to me to be a brilliant decision, since with the continual advance of technology it's very likely that something even better will come along in the future.
Cheers. Happy Thanksgiving. Can't express what good news it is that all the chickens have come home to roost.
At 8:36 PM, November 21, 2006,
Anonymous said…
Put Rosie's picture in the paper this week, as a birth announcement, bit late, but we had a couple of spare spots so Viv and I decided to put our grandchildren in. Lots of people saw it and were thrilled to see Rosie's beautiful picture. I have a copy to send you.
Its so lovely to be able to watch the video now!! send more please
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