Wednesday, April 8, 2009

2nd Mapping

On the way back from mapping yesterday, we stopped for lunch at McDonalds (his choice). As soon as they slid the glass back to pass over drinks, Gage shouted "Um, ma'am, excuse me, ma'am? Look, I can hear now!!!" I gave her the info she needed to understand what he was talking about and the lovely Mickey D's crew gave us a big ole cheer and a 'congratulations, we're so happy for you!" He's a bit of a bragger with those new black processors, but he's so proud!

This was the scene late yesterday afternoon........he was exhausted. He took a well deserved 1 1/2 hour listening break at the end of the day.


Today we went for his second mapping and this was his face....as long as he was winning. He was in a heated battle with Emily (an audiologist) during some porcupine game.




And this was his face when he was not winning.






And this is what I did when we got home!!! I made this.........




into this...........
Thanks Cochlear for all the stuff, I had already combined B's two ears w/Gage's one a couple of years ago, but now I had to take it a step farther and break it down again w/the additional two new ears. Whew!



And because I can't leave out the Queen, she loves to take pictures....of her baby's clothes and of herself!!

7 comments:

PolyglotMom said...

I love your new blog picture!

Jennifer said...

I LOVE that he is so happy about his new ears! Bless his sweet heart! This is some of the best news!

Www.lozsmedicsljourney.blogspot.co.uk said...

Great new blog pic!
and gage seems super happy with new implants! a big cheer to him! :)

Melanie said...

This is such great news. And I also LOVE the new pic of the kids. They are just so sweet.

Danielle said...

im so glad that he is happy with his new ears!

Deema said...

Congradulations Val I'm so happy for him!

shakun said...

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