At about 6am my wife and i arrose out of our beds and began to do our daily morning stuff. Well, it was a bit different as today i had no kids they went to my mother in laws. After we got ready and 7am rolled aorund we left to go pick up my mother, whom i wanted to be there when i got turned on. We pulled up to her house and got her and proceeded to travel the distance between her house and my doctors. Once we go there, i signed in and waited, and waited, and waited for what seemed like forever. Once forever was over my audi finally came and got us and we followed her through the office to the little room where they hooked me up to the computer. Once we got chairs and stuff in the room for everyone my mom and wife sat down anxiously waiting to see me hear. (Ithink they had some sort of chore list they wanted me to do),
First the Audi put everything on and ran a couple test, then she ran a mapping to set my hearing at the right level. Once this was done she programmed the processor and turned it on. At this moment i heard what sounded like Cathedral bells ringing. At almost the same time my audi asked me can you hear me?, Nope. The my wife, Nope. Then my mom, Nope. Then they asked what do you hear. I told them i hear what sounds like bells clanging to the sound of each syllable of each word, and to each sound. I was told this was normal and to depend on my right ear now only. Well, there is only one problem, my right ear is kinda ringing really loud form the bells, so i am forced to use my HA in my left ear until my brain destinguishes the sounds. Funny thought that is, my brain actually having to work normal.....ok thats it i am screwed...lol. Once done with that, the audi went over all my goodies i got with the cochlear, i was like what no T-shirt? Well, no i didn't get one, but i did get a big box. After that i went to breakfast with my mom and wife, then home to listen to my bells ring all day.
Ok, now that you have gotten an idea of what happened today i will move on to another subject or two.
one- you can comment on my blog, do not be afraid to, if you do not have a blogspot account then comment as annonymous. Also, Feed back would be nice, and it helps me know who has the addy and who doesn't.
TWO- It has come to my attention that some people do not fully understand what i have, and i will now try to explain this. I have a device implanted in my head, that stimulates the nerves in my ears; allowing my ear to turn it into sound. For those of you who may like some pics better but don't' want to see the gooey gross stuff, i have posted some below. so enjoy.
This is what my processor looks like, the round thing has my magnet in it.
And this is what happens to be in side my head.
2 comments:
Yes i was a lucky person to beside my husband when they "turned him on". Yes what i mean his CI.. Not the other way.. And yes i am saying this because one of our friends said "who is turning your husband on if you arent".. So i want to make sure you know what i mean.. Yes i know he is about to kill me because i ask him i dont know 80 times today what you hearing.... But yes it is hard to understand all this... So FYI dont ask him what he is hearing he gets kinda crabby about that.... But yes i am very excited about this i know it will take time but i can't help but wonder how long.... We had a little problem when the kids arrived because after my mom left Cody seemed very very very scared of him... So after bath Cody broke down and was crying and i asked him whats wrong he was scared of daddy... Well let me put it in terms what a three year old was thinking.. Well all my life daddy didnt have anything in his right ear and now over night he does plus it attaches to his head.. SO i made anthony go get it to start the 30min explantion of what this was.. So i explained to him that daddy had a refrigerator in his head and the thing he has on his head is a magnet and it sticks to the refrigerator and he has to have this or he cant hear.. Then i let him touch it then i put it on anthony and let him touch it.. Once he did that he was as happy as he could be daddy and him read a book my mom let him bring home.. And yes anthony was very upset because he didnt like cody to be scared of him.. Yes i saw him cry for the first time over this.. But once i explained it to both of them they both are happy now... THANK GOD.. But now my message to my husband i am so proud of you for everything.. I LOVE YOU...
MEL
We are so happy for you! Love Dan, Christina and JV
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