Ow-Sigh and All The Wonders

Toes loves being outside. We spend a fair amount of time outside, particularly on the weekends. We play in the sandbox, slide on the slide, push her toys around the yard, chase the ball, or just run around.


As part of AVT “Learning to Listen” concepts, Erin has been conditioned to “listen” when we tap our ear and say “Do you *hear* that? *I* hear that!”

In the beginning, she tapped her ear when she would hear something unusual. But more recently, tapping her ear means that her implant isn't functioning properly. She taps her ear to let us know she doesn’t hear anything and needs us to investigate the reason.

Sometimes when we are outside, she will start frantically tapping her ear. I look and look, trying to see if her implant is working. I check the processor for an error code and when I find none I look at her perplexed as she continues frantically tapping her ear.

Then it will hit me: There is a symphony of crickets or birds or whatever going on that I have totally missed.

And she is telling me she hears it.

:D

Apparently, she is trying to tell me that *I* need to “Learn to Listen” just a little bit more.

We have a surgery date.

October 1, 2007.

We got the first surgery slot, so we won't have another 3 hour wait in pre-op like last time. Thank goodness!

We are still waiting for insurance approval, but I am confident it will go smoothly. Tomorrow I'll start my weekly calls to the insurance company and to the surgeon's secretary to check on the status.

I am nervous now. This surgery seems so much more "elective" than the first one. Is this the right thing to do?

Ugh.

This parenting thing never gets easier, does it?