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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

We have been busy...

We have had a busy & fun summer. After our west coast trip to the John Tracy Clinic, we stayed with Grandma Boyack in Las Vegas for 3 weeks and then to Virginia and D.C. for 3 weeks to play with cousins at Grandma Cragun's lake house.

We had a sad event happen on August 16th with the death of our unborn baby girl. I was 7 months pregnant--you can read more here.

Logan is progressing day by day and we have a lot of work to do over this next year in order to try to meet our goal of mainstreaming him by kindergarten. He is attending the same Oral program that he attended last year and is excited to be back at school.

3 comments:

The Brights said...: The picture of Logan in the mirror is awesome. Love it!

How many kids are attending the oral program this year? I have recently heard from Luca's mom and we talked a little about the program, but never did ask about enrollment.

Logan will do awesome. He seems to have a very intelligent role model, well I'm sure several, but I am refering to his big bro. I am looking forward to a video update ...I have always enjoyed them in the past!

Many prayers from far away!; September 8, 2009 at 11:53 PM
AJ's Mom said...: Logan is getting so BIG! Love the picture of him in the mirror. Logan will do awesome, he's an inspiration to many!; September 10, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Jackie D. said...: I came across your blog by mistake...but I am so glad I did. I just wanted to let you know that your little boy, Logan, is such an inspiration to me. He looks like a very brave little boy.

My prayers are with you and your family!

Also, Logan is a very cute kid! I love that picture of him with the mirror.; October 11, 2009 at 1:58 AM

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LOGAN'S STORY...

Logan was diagnosed at birth with moderate to severe hearing loss, due to E.V.A.S, to hearing parents. It was a progressive hearing loss and we were aware that his loss would get worse over time. He was fitted for hearing aids at 4 months of age. At about 18 months old Logan seemed unresponsive to most sounds, even with his hearing aids on. We battled with his audiologist about our concern that he had lost his hearing completely. She reassured us that it was just his age and most likely he was "ignoring us." We still felt like something wasn't right and tried hard for about a year to convince the audiologist to do a sedated ABR test to get accurate results. Once those results were in, we received the news that Logan was now profoundly deaf in both ears. Our hearts broke, but peace came when we knew that Logan was now eligible for the Cochlear Implant. We rushed the process of having his first surgery done because he was almost three and at a critical time for speech development. He is doing far better then expected and just received his second implant in December of 2008.

The Beauty of Holland

"I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability-- to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this...

"When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous trip--to Italy! You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelango David. The gondolas in Venice. You even learn some handy phrases in italian. It's all very exciting.

"After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The flight attendant comes in and says, 'Welcome to Holland.' 'Holland?!?', you say. 'What do you mean Holland? I signed up for Italy. I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy.'

"But there has been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

"So you must go out and buy new guide books and learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you never would have met. It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills. Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

"But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they're all talking about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life you will say, 'Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned.'

"But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't go to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland"

--Emily Perl Kingsley

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

We have been busy...

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