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Entries from August 2008
August 29, 2008
Broken implant…again!
We just got Ben’s Freedom processor replaced about a month ago, but he came to me last night and informed me that it wasn’t working. He wanted to put it in our drying machine that removes moisture. That made me a bit suspicious and I asked him what he was doing when it broke. All [...]
August 29, 2008
Niece of Martin Luther King denounces abortion
I saw this from the Associated Press:
MINNEAPOLIS – The niece of the Martin Luther King, Jr. has used the Democratic Party convention in Denver this week to denounce abortion, which she calls a violation of civil rights.
Alveda King, who traveled to Denver this week during the Democratic Party convention, notes that the party’s platform [...]
August 29, 2008
Pre-op visit canceled
Ben was supposed to have his pre-op visit today for his cochlear implant surgery, and I planned on picking him up from school to take him there since it is a 2 hour drive away. The surgeon’s office just called…on a cell phone. Apparently due to a bad storm last night, they have no [...]
August 28, 2008
Feeling weary but OK
Every day I say I am going to catch up on my blog and every day I find myself further behind in other projects so the blog gets pushed aside. When we started the neurological reorganization work, we were warned that some children might regress. I’m not sure if that is the reason, or if [...]
August 28, 2008
Ben is going stereo
After having heard in “mono” for 7 years now, Ben will be going stereo. He is scheduled for a second cochlear implant next week on September 4th. I wrote about bilateral cochlear implants and his desire to have a second one here.
The risks of anesthesia and knowing someone is drilling on your [...]
August 10, 2008
Another Micheline-ism
I’m not sure who keeps us laughing more: Micheline or Caleb when it comes to misspeaking. Tonight Caleb was trying to tell me that I had to sign a paper for his accelerated Math class. Problem was, he couldn’t remember the word, so he told me that I needed to sign a paper for his [...]
August 10, 2008
Dear Chinese Birthmother
Dear Birthmother of my son,
With technology today, contact with others on the other side of the world is just a mouse click away. I wish it were so with you, but I have no way of contacting you because I do not know who you are. Today is our son’s birthday, and because you left [...]
