Sunday, September 6, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Well it has been a great day...our insurance company has approved bilateral cochlear implants for Hope! Surgery is scheduled for September 15th. Paul and I are trying to wrap our brains around all that God has done in our lives but also in Hope's life!! Just to think that 9 weeks ago she was sitting in a remote orphanage in southern China and now she is enrolled in preschool and will be blessed with wonderful medical technology. It is hard to believe that technology is so advanced that the most profoundly deaf child will become a hearing child. Don't get me wrong...she won't be "fixed" like we hear necessarily but she will be able to discriminate sound over time. Also, over time, with much endurance, perseverance, and training, she can potentially learn to talk!!! God has brought us this far....He continues to work miracles in this little girls life. So many people say that she is sssooo lucky to have been adopted but the lucky ones are Paul, Megan, JT, and I. She is such a blessing in our lives.
She is enrolled in the regular preschool class in the morning and then goes to special education preschool in the afternoon. She has shed lots of tears but the great thing is that she sees me come and pick her up and feels secure in that. The great thing about working in her district is that I can see her many times throughout the day. I eat lunch with her everyday and drive her to afternoon preschool in a neighboring district.
I am prepared to take time off work during implantation and then activation. Probably the most difficult time for her will be the time of activation. She will likely struggle with hearing for the first time and will want to take it off but it will have to be mandated much like a seat belt in a car.
I would be lying if I told everyone that I was not scared and nervous about the whole process. It is a major undertaking and we, as a family, are committed to the process.
In the meantime, our whole family is going to take a sign language class at the Kansas School for the Deaf. It will be an intermediate course and is very cheap. We need to continue to learn ASL because Hope is learning so fast that she may pass us up if we are not carefull.
Please continue to pray for the entire process and that God guide and comfort us during this most difficult time!!
Praise God for all He has done...We are just a blessed family and words cannot describe this experience of adoption! I will post pics soon when I can get a chance to download pics!
She is enrolled in the regular preschool class in the morning and then goes to special education preschool in the afternoon. She has shed lots of tears but the great thing is that she sees me come and pick her up and feels secure in that. The great thing about working in her district is that I can see her many times throughout the day. I eat lunch with her everyday and drive her to afternoon preschool in a neighboring district.
I am prepared to take time off work during implantation and then activation. Probably the most difficult time for her will be the time of activation. She will likely struggle with hearing for the first time and will want to take it off but it will have to be mandated much like a seat belt in a car.
I would be lying if I told everyone that I was not scared and nervous about the whole process. It is a major undertaking and we, as a family, are committed to the process.
In the meantime, our whole family is going to take a sign language class at the Kansas School for the Deaf. It will be an intermediate course and is very cheap. We need to continue to learn ASL because Hope is learning so fast that she may pass us up if we are not carefull.
Please continue to pray for the entire process and that God guide and comfort us during this most difficult time!!
Praise God for all He has done...We are just a blessed family and words cannot describe this experience of adoption! I will post pics soon when I can get a chance to download pics!
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