April 27th, 2011 was a day we will all remember. Not because we want to. There are 162 deaths confirmed in the state of Alabama and officials think the number will be rising. There are still search and rescue operations going on. Yesterday, I watched as a huge tornado went right through Tuscaloosa and barely missed Chuck's parents house and his brother's house. All we could do was watch in horror and pray. Then, we watched as the same tornado went through Birmingham and the surrounding suburbs again very close to where my parents and my brother's live. We watched and prayed and I was a basket of nerves. That night the storms reached our area, but thankfully went just to the north of us and we were spared. We did use our "safe room" two times when we went under a tornado warning. I was so proud of the boys as they knew exactly what to do and Maggie thought it was "fun" to wear her pink bike helmet. Join us in praye...
T he G ood Maggie can hear in the "normal" range with her BAHA. In comparison, she hears in the "moderate - severe range" without it. It is small and most people don't even know she wears a hearing aid. For the most part it stays on her head securely. Unlike a cochlear implant, she hears normal sounds just like a hearing person but amplified. Maggie also Loves her BAHA !! She is very attached to it because she knows that it helps her hear. Her BAHA allows her to live in the hearing world. She can do "normal" things like watch tv, listen to me read a book to her, listen to a movie in the car, hear her brothers play with her - everything ! Without it, she could not hear and do all these things without us shouting in a load voice. T he B ad Maggie's Implant site has gotten infected twice now. Also, the skin will try to grow over her abutment. So far, we have been successful with treating her with oral antibiotics and using a steroid cream. I am pr...
Will has had a minor, but painful accident today. Walker and Will were jumping on the trampoline and Will's front tooth hit Walker's head. His front right tooth is hanging and we are waiting to hear from the dentist. It is the SAME tooth he knocked out when he was one years old and the SAME tooth he knocked loose this spring during a baseball game. We are thinking it can't be saved and it will have to be pulled - it's his permanent tooth ! Please pray for Will. I know it is going to be scarry going to the dentist today. Thanks ! We will post an update soon. Kathy
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