Guess I should give a little background on Molly and our journey this past year before we jump to the implant stuff. I will try to leave out the details and give you the facts. Molly was born a year ago in September 05. She failed her newborn hearing screen in the hospital and we were referred to the Audiologist/ENT for further testing. At three months, the Audiologist did an Auditory Brainstem Response test with results that showed Molly to have a severe-profound hearing loss in both ears. Oye, what do you do with that information as a parent? I’m not even sure if I could explain to you all of our thoughts and emotions at that point. We were grateful for the prayers of many and were comforted in our reassurance that God is in control.
Thankfully our town of Johnson City, TN has incredible early intervention services (incredible individuals who worked with Molly). They gave us the information we needed to make some crucial decisions for Molly and brought us much HOPE for her future in the hearing world. Because of their help, Molly was fitted with hearing aids at 4 ½ months. With the aids, she was responding inconsistently to loud environmental sounds. I should mention that it was quite a battle to keep her aids in her ears (she thought they were better suited in her mouth). Anyway, she was weekly being seen by the PhD/graduate Audiology and Speech Pathology students at ETSU. We were seeing quite a bit of progress as time went on. At 10 months she was mimicking the syllables/pitches of some words, but still not mimicking vowel/consonant sounds (other than Aaaa and MaMa). The input given by the aids was still not enough for speech and language development, so we began to move forward with the cochlear implant. We met with the implant team at UVa and they confirmed that Molly was a good candidate for the implant. When Molly was 11 months, we left the Volunteer state and moved to the Cavalier state of VA. So here we are at 13 months, gearing up for surgery on Thursday and her activation on Halloween.
8 comments:
We are praying for you all. We are excited to see what God is going to do with Molly. We know He has BIG plans for this little girl.
Love,
Debbie, Russell & Carena
"The Lord is good,a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him..." Nahum 1:7
Little Molly is in the hands of her Creator-what a comfort it is! You are in our thoughts and prayers-may God use this for His Glory!!
With much Love,
Phil,Carol,Tyler,Janelle and Natalie
Molly will definately be in our prayers on Tuesday. Thanks for the blog so we can follow how she is doing.
-Jonathan and Joya Davis
We will be much in prayer for Molly and well as Mom and Dad.
We know that our God is marvelous and does greater works than we can imagine.
Joe Street
Love all you guys. Will be praying for the big days ahead. HE gives sight to the blind and cures the deaf and dumb.
Molly, your parents love your very much and want the very best for you. Robyn and Michael please know that you will be surrounded by prayers from your many friends. Thanks for letting us be part of your lives especially during this important experience for Molly.
Blessings,
Jerry and Connie Cramer
Thanks for the blog. It is a great way for us all to be in the "know" and be able to pray for little Molly.
Hi Guys,
Wow...
It is amazing what they can do today. Even this Blog is pretty amazing :O)
We'll keep Mom & Dad and Molly and all the hands of the medical staff in our prayers for Molly's continued success.
Much Love,
Tom, Terri, Matt & Kevin
OXXOXOOXO
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