So, we've come a long way in the past few weeks. Brinley has pretty much made a full recovery. Her new Cochlear Implants are on every waking hour. We are still have issues when they are first turned on. She cringes and cries when the magnets make contact. Our Audi explained that adults with CI's described the initial turn on as a wooooooosshhhh of electricity. I threw together a couple headbands (which have worked wonders) in keeping her ears on. Trying to keep the processors on without the headbands was driving me insane so I'm loving our new system. Being that Brinley's nerves haven't been stimulated before, it's a scary experience for her. With that said we are making progress. Today her DHH Teacher came over and noted Brinley not only responding to her drum and tangerine toy, Brinley seemed to locate where the sound was coming from. That's the biggest thing for us right now, sound association. If the phone rings she has no idea it's the phone ringing. All she hears is a loud and constant sound with no idea where it's coming from. I'm narrating everything I do. "Mommy is pouring a glass of wine, mmmmmmmmmmm, yummy"...haha...you get the drift.
Our weeks are filled with speech therapy, DHH visits, etc. Danica has been saying her stomach hurts alot and I'm wondering if it's just the attention thing. Rod and I try very hard to make sure our time and love is spread even between the girls but Danica must see that Brinley gets more 1-1. Last night I caught Danica in her room trying to put on Brin's toy CI processor on her ear. When I walked in she asked if I can take her to the doctor and get ears like Brinley's. Adorable and heartbreaking all at once xoxo
