This year has been interesting. For literally everyone in the world. We were lucky that Logan could get set-up with zoom classes online with his Teacher of the Deaf and Speech Therapist. Logan missed his amazing teachers so much and loved seeing them on the computer a couple times a week.
I was very proud of how hard Logan worked with them over the computer, but at his speech evaluation in July, it now showed he was behind rather than ahead for the first time since his CI activation. I was surprised because we were working with him so much and he was still getting help from his teachers.
So now, we have had several visits with CHOP to figure out why he is starting to fall behind a little. Was it a lack of access from his hearing aid side? Was it his current program from his CI? His team at CHOP has been working hard to figure that out.
Currently, we are working with Logan’s CI team at CHOP to determine whether it’s time to move forward with his second cochlear implant. There are benefits and negatives either way you look at it. So we’re praying a lot and really assessing everything. We will see what the next couple of months bring for our Logan.
We have so many thank yous to so many wonderful people in our lives. Both sides of our family, our close friends, our co-workers, our church family, our deaf/HOH family. We are so blessed with their support. Having someone remember that we had an appointment for Logan and asking how it went actually means so much to us. It’s a reminder we aren’t alone in all of this and they all have been so great of helping us remember that. You know who you are, thank you all!
December 2020- We are so beyond thankful for so much lately! Logan is getting amazing reports sent home from school about how great he is doing, how hard he is working, and how his speech is improving! He is blessed to be in a very small deaf and hard of hearing class with the IU13. His teachers are outstanding and just wonderful people! We just had hearing testing done and so far, no more changes in his hearing aid side. So we are currently staying with one hearing aid and one CI and assessing again in March! Logan will soon be starting with Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy to help with his fine motor skills and his balance. We’re excited to find new ways to help our buddy succeed.
Thank you to everyone who has placed orders with our shop! Thanks to you all, we have been able to donate HUNDREDS to our charities in our first 6 weeks! We were blown away with all of the orders, connections, support and JOY we have received! We are definitely finding joy in our journey and hope we can help you find yours too!
As always, please reach out to us with any questions you have along your journey! I’ll help you find the answers if I don’t know them! Merry Christmas and Holiday Holidays everyone!!