I can hear you!

So far she LOVES her new hearing aid! She keeps telling us "I can hear you!" The silver one is a trail and if it works out we will order her a pink one (her choice) in the same model. The pink, clear and glitter ear mold is hers and will be replaced as needed to keep up with her growth. She is very excited and happy with her new hearing aid and so far has not taken it out!!!

Heart Friends

Alyc and his family came and stayed with us while he had some Dr apts at Seattle Childrens! We love seeing them again!!! They had a lot of fun together! It is fun watching them grow up sharing a special bond!

sNOw School but lots of fun!

A Brave Snowman

Some sledding

The power went out for a little while so we pulled out the headlamps from our Vegas Marathon and had some more fun!!

Hearing-aid step 1 The Mold

Today was the post op apt wit Dr Perkins. He checked her ears to make sure that the ear drum healed and was happy to see that it did! Se still has fluid in both ears but he is NOT going to attempt anther ear tube. After another hearing evaluation her ear was molded for the ear piece for her hearing aids. They did a speech test on each ear and we could see her frustration when they tested her right ear. She got flustered started raising her voice. She was very nervous about having her ear molded but after feeling so frustrated with not being able to hear during the speech part of the test she agreed to try to let them do the mold. She was so cute asking questions about how it was going to feel and at one point sighed and said "oh good, cause I was really worried about that hurting!" She did a great job having her ear molded too!

They gave her a lot of choices in the color of the ear piece. She could choose a color up to three color swirl and then any glitter type they had so many choices (multi- color,pink, silver, stars ect) She chose a clear piece with a pink swirl and multicolored glitter! She is getting so big! Her ear piece will be ready in a few weeks and then she will go have a hearing aid fitting and get a trial hearing aid to use before we order her one. Oh and they have lots of color options for those too! lol! She is happy that she can "show off her style" and we are happy that she will be able to hear better!

putting the goo in her ear to make the mold

mold drying there is a sponge in her ear canal and a string attached to help pull the mold out when it is done. It took about 5-10mins total for the mold to be made.

Happy Holidays!!

My brother's new business!

My brother's new business! :) He is a partner in an heating and air-conditioning business in Bremerton, WA.

They have a web site;

http://www.dcheating.biz/

Congrats Uncle Guy!! We are proud of you and wish you luck!!

home

Izabell is home and resting. She has an ear ache and is exhausted but very happy to be home.

Izabell's simple ear tube surgery.......... NOT!

Izabell was admitted after the surgery so we are staying at the hospital tonight. The Dr did not get to put in ear tubes. On the first incision her ear drum started to bleed heavily and they spent a lot of time stopping the bleeding. She has very abnormal vasculature and allot of hemangiomas and the Dr was worried that they may have nicked a important artery. After it stopped they sent her to get a CTA scan to make sure there was no bleeding in her brain or anywhere else.When I went into recovery she was crying and yelling but was just scared and had a bad headache. She is doing OK sore tired cranky and hungry but no more bleeding so far. As long as she has no bleeding she will be able to come home tomorrow. Ear tubes are no longer an option and she will get a hearing aid when her ear drum heals. My phone is not working (great day for the battery to fry) The surgeon today has worked with Izabell and us since she was a baby and he said only Izabell would be this tricky! lol! I am glad he was her Dr today since he knows her so well. I am exhausted now hope that we will be able to get some sleep here tonight.