Patience.

Tomorrow will be two weeks since activation!!! Crazy how time flies - we had a busy weekend last weekend - went to see my little sis and family for my Nephew Konnor's 4th Birthday. I drove the whole thing by myself with Mallie - I was expecting the worst. Actually she did really well. I planned it so she would sleep most of the way - its over 3 hours to drive there. On the way down she never really made a peep and when we arrived she was in the back seat smiling (no shoes or socks on). It was colder than I thought it was gonna be so that was a bummer. It got up to about 50ish....but it was a good time and good visit. I always hate saying goodbye - damn it family should not be allowed to move more than 2 hours away. No major changes yet with Mallie and her ears. she does respond to sounds but its not consistant - as they say it will take some time for her to get used and understand what she hears. In the sound booth at the audiologists last week her response put her in the mild hearing loss category! Which is amazing and its only supposed to get better. She keeps them on (thank god for the headbands I found). Except yesterday she started to rip the headband off - laughing each time she did it.......I think she heard "NO" for the first time yesterday and quite frequently...as she started this at daycare and even after getting home she was doing it. The whole time it was a game to her - not that her ears bothered her. It was funny!!! So today , well tonite I bumped her up to 3 on her programs but she is as half volume and she did not seem to mind it much. Blinking more than usual at sounds but not really bothered. So will see how tomorrow works out - may have to start her at 2 and later in the day give her 3 for awhile and gradually work on keeping it there and increasing the volume. Friday we go see the surgeon for the 6 week follow up - then its not until the end of may we go see the audiologist again. She is still getting PT on mondays and now speech on mondays and thurs. still debating on whether I need to take her to manistee speech or not since we already have two days a week lined up. Well thats all for now - time for this mommy to get some sleep.