It's been a while since I've updated this!! Things are going GREAT with both Esteems. The right ear is healing verrrrrrry slowly. It still hurts a lot and some days it whistles, but it is so worth it. I'm amazed EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'll go back for a hearing test this summer. Hopefully by then, the numbers will reflect the incredible difference. Of course, audiograms cant begin to show how much better life is now.
I'm almost done with my special Ed credential now (thank you, Jesus!). I've done most of the work online but am having to take an on campus class right now. It's my first with two working ears. :). Last week was the first class and we had to work in groups the entire time. Pre-Esteem, I despised working in groups. It was so hard to figure out who was talking and then lip read and make sense of everything. But this time, it was easy!!!! A few minutes into class, a guy said, "Ok, we're the fun group. This is our group for the rest of the class!" I GOT TO BE IN THE FUN GROUP!!! It seems silly, but when you're deaf, you can't be fun in a group. It's too hard! For the first time since I started school, I got to have fun doing a group project and I wasn't the weird kid. I cried on the way home. God is so good to me!
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Esteem-iversary
Friday was my first "Esteem-iversary." I feel like a broken record, but I am still amazed by how much this device has improved my life. It doesn't seem possible that it's been a year. I'm still discovering new sounds and learning how to hear. I guess that will be a very long process!:)
Ironically, I've had the worst hearing week in a while this week! My right ear is just refusing to heal. The fluid that will not dissipate gets worse at certain times, usually when I'm sick. Orange blossoms are in full bloom here so my ear is pretty messed up! I feel like I'm under water. The worst part is that the Esteem whistles A LOT. It is freaky to hear whistling inside my head!!!:) I've found that it usually whistles most in the morning, after I've been laying down, so I'm sleeping on four pillows. :) I've been turning that ear down at night, too, which helps. Fortunately, I haven't been nauseated or dizzy too much. I can handle a little whistling if I'm not sick! And hey, at least I can hear the whistling!
Words can't express how grateful I am for this miracle. Our God is able to do so much more than we could ever imagine!!!!!!
Ironically, I've had the worst hearing week in a while this week! My right ear is just refusing to heal. The fluid that will not dissipate gets worse at certain times, usually when I'm sick. Orange blossoms are in full bloom here so my ear is pretty messed up! I feel like I'm under water. The worst part is that the Esteem whistles A LOT. It is freaky to hear whistling inside my head!!!:) I've found that it usually whistles most in the morning, after I've been laying down, so I'm sleeping on four pillows. :) I've been turning that ear down at night, too, which helps. Fortunately, I haven't been nauseated or dizzy too much. I can handle a little whistling if I'm not sick! And hey, at least I can hear the whistling!
Words can't express how grateful I am for this miracle. Our God is able to do so much more than we could ever imagine!!!!!!
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