Hattie's Activation

We want to thank everyone for all your continued prayers for Hattie during surgery and after.  She has recovered really well and doesn't even seem to realize that she had surgery!  

Today was activation, as most of you know, and it went well.  She didn't have a "YouTube moment", but that's why those videos are on YouTube in the first place :)  

Holly, our Audiologist, putting the processor on Hattie

We had prepared ourselves for not much of a response, especially because she has been responding in her hearing aids.  Our Audiologists are very conservative in the beginning as the child is getting used to wearing and hearing from the implant.  Her implant is set very low and will gradually be turned up over the next couple of months.  

If we are honest, we were hoping for a big moment.  But the fact that she didn't have much of a reaction is reassuring that she has been hearing this whole time with her hearing aids; hopefully, we can turn up her implants a little faster because of this.  

We will continue to keep everyone updated on her progress.  Thank you again for all your love and support!

Surgery

It has been almost 2 weeks since Hattie's surgery.  Hard for me to believe!  The surgery went perfectly, our surgeon said that everything went exactly as he had planned.  Total time Hattie was away from us was about 3 hours; I could not get back to recovery fast enough!  When I went back, she was sitting up in her bed, although a little wobbly from anesthesia, playing with all the wires and cords that were hooked up to her.  The nurses couldn't believe how happy she was waking up from surgery :)

Hattie had a Princess Leia-esque head wrap on after surgery.  Our surgeon wanted her head wrap to stay on until Sunday (5 days from surgery).  By Friday morning, she had pulled it off :)  Her incision looked fine, so we didn't have to go back in to get it re-wrapped.  She has really done a great job with leaving her incision alone and has been a tough little lady during recovery.  She has been fussier about her teeth coming in than she has with the surgery!

Hattie is wearing her hearing aid in her left ear still, and will do so until we activate the implant on her right side.  Activation day, for the implant, is October 30th; we are so excited!

We want to thank everyone for all their prayers, support and meals brought to us during this time!  Kevin and I are so thankful for our supportive family and our friends- new and old.  We are so blessed to serve a Heavenly Father that promises to give us peace and tells us to go to Him with all our anxieties and fears.  "Cast all your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall." Psalm 55:22

Little black eye after surgery.  Still happy girl :)