As I sit here, I can’t believe how far we have come.  Last summer, when we found out about Alice’s ANSD we were shocked and devastated and barely listened to what we had to take in.  Very soon afterwards we became convinced that CI was Alice’s only hope for integration into the hearing world and now here we are…..

At 3pm this afternoon, Alice will cease to have no access to sound, she will instead join the hundreds of thousands of children worldwide that hear through their bionic ears.  We are excited and nervous and don’t know what to expect.  A good reaction will be a reaction what ever that might be.  I only hope she likes the sensation, otherwise we have a steep road ahead. 

Dear Alice, the fun we will have introducing ourselves to you, you will soon realise that Joseph is noisy and Bob the Builder has a story line ….. 

Video to follow.

We always knew this was going to be boring.  With the surgery behind us, we are now waiting and waiting and waiting.  Alice gets the implant to play with on Friday, but “switch on” isn’t until the start of April.  The scar is healing to invisible, she’s had the surgical sign off, so we are now in limbo.  It’s hard explaining to everyone that despite the surgery, she is actually more deaf today than she was a couple of weeks ago. 

Still there’s plenty to organise, Christopher Place sessions, CICS meet up at the end of April, school (can you believe she’s down to start in 6 months time) and even more therapy. The fun starts here and we’re already organising toys and games for the miraculous days to come.