just got the best news ever

eSynergy · February 2011

We've been on an emotional rollercoaster with DS since he was born, with hearing issues. He failed the newborn hearing screen at the hospital, and we've had 7 hearing tests over the last few months. We're in early intervention and he was scheduled to get hearing aids later this month. He got tubes put in his ears a few weeks ago and we were hoping that would help his hearing a bit.

We just went for his earmold impression appointment (where they make the little molds that go in his ears) and we did a quick hearing test. Well....he heard almost EVERY sound they played during the test, and they don't want to fit him for hearing aids at this time. I'm SOOO happy his hearing has improved! We'll still have to work with speech therapists/E.I. to make sure he's on track, and get routine hearing exams to make sure he doesn't need the aids in the future...but, I'm so happy he doesn't need the aids anymore at this point!

There's seriously been a 100 ton weight taken off my shoulders. I just had to share!

MJ5678 · February 2011

That's great news! Hope everything continues to improve!

berrybuzz · February 2011

YAY thats fantastic news, im sooo happy for you. hopefully he will continue to improve and he wont need hearing aids

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vcusano · February 2011

That's wonderful!!! Good for you guys

Happy Valentine's Day!

kmwills · February 2011

Congratulations! I'm sure you're so relieved. It's a lot of stress when your LO has health issues, so I'm very happy things seem to be looking up!

Brags0607 · February 2011

What a wonderful gift for your family. Wishing you all the best as your DS's journey continues.

KelsoXOXO · February 2011

Awww that's awesome! Wonderful news and I hope it gets better and better!

VABride2008 · February 2011

That is wonderful news! Definitely keep on top of the speech therapy. My SIL's son never completed his speech therapy and he is now 5 years old and you barely understand him. She was just too wrapped up in herself to get him the help he needed and now he will pay for it for a long time. Good luck and I hope he continues to do well.

stayathomedaddy · February 2011

That's awesome! Now he can still be a rock star!

And here's to his speech, that it's right on track or is soon enough.

eSynergy · February 2011

VABride2008:
That is wonderful news! Definitely keep on top of the speech therapy. My SIL's son never completed his speech therapy and he is now 5 years old and you barely understand him. She was just too wrapped up in herself to get him the help he needed and now he will pay for it for a long time. Good luck and I hope he continues to do well.

Oh, we're definitely going to stay on top of that. We have a therapist coming out every other week, and we'll continue to get hearing tests every month or so. He still does have hearing loss (it's just very mild) -- so the therapy and one-on-one contact will be really important!

Tippy05 · February 2011

Yay!! What awesome news! Here's to continued success and improvement!

BLUEIEDHIPPY · February 2011

omg that is AMAZING!! I"m so happy for your family!! Hope everything from here on out is icing on the cake & he continues getting better!! Happy Valentines Day!!