Hearing Aid Update

I called Texas Children's Hospital first thing Monday morning regarding Peyton's hearing aid. Within 15 minutes I'd been sent a claim form, filled it in, had it notarzied, and faxed back to the audiology department. By mid-afternoon, the lady was calling me back to say the company where it is being ordered from had it ready to ship. It should be in hopefully today, but then TCH will have to program it and then call me to pick up. Sounds like we should be back in business before the week is out!

Peyton's eye continues to flare up with those chalazions. We're thankful she's having this surgery. Hopefully that will give her a fresh start and we can break this vicious cycle.

Enjoying the "cold" weather in Houston (it's gone down into the mid 30's overnight and was 50 this morning driving in). I miss the snow, but will be so happy to see it in a couple weeks when we travel north for the holidays!

School!

There just hasn't been a whole lot to report lately. I suppose that is a good thing! Peyton went to the elementary school nearby this morning. They have an audiology program. When we received her new ear molds for her hearing aids a week or so ago, for the second time in a row, they had a bad fit and were squealing all the time. I decided not to go back to her own audiologist, but to take advantage of the one at this school. I had to pay for the ear molds instead of being able to run them through my insurance, but they don't cost too much. It's close to half what the hospital charges. I got to see the classrooms for the hearing impaired kids. One is oral communication and the other is oral and signed communication. We won't know for a couple years if Peyton will wind up at that school. She may do well enough to take part in a special needs class in her regular school.

We're signed up for Peyton's sleep study for Sept. 6th. In the first week, they called me twice with cancellations but we couldn't make it either time. I think we'll likely get it done before Sept. though. We'll see.

Not too much else is new. I'm on my third throat infection in just over a month. Moira's getting over a cold but doing well. I wish I had a fraction of her energy!! Ron is also doing well.

Not much longer til my baby turns 1!! I don't know where the time has gone.

Hearing

Peyton had a sedated hearing test (ABR) yesterday at Texas Childrens Hospital. She has these every three months or so. The end result is that her hearing has stayed about that same since her last test in December. In December, the audiologist noted that her right ear was a little worse than the test prior to that. This time, she noted that for some reason the nerve doesn't seem to be functioning as well as it was in December. She was at a loss as to what that was all about since her hearing was basically the same.

Later on today, I will be taking Peyton back to Texas Childrens where we will have her 6-month check up with her Geneticist. Yes, I know...she's 10 1/2 months now. This appointment was originally scheduled for October. However, due to surgery, we had to reschedule. Today was the first available appointment. That taught us pretty quickly not to cancel out on a specialist! Of course, there wasn't much we could do about it at the time. I'm anxious to go over Peyton's history with him as the only time he saw her was in the hospital after she was born. She'll probably have some more testing done. She's been tested for hundreds of genetic disorders already and so far nothing has come up. I just wish we could put a name on what this is. Most of her doctors feel that her constellation of problems has to be some sort to syndrome. Unfortunately, she could be the first person with it! We may never know. Anyway, hopefully this brilliant doctor will take a look at the doctors notes I'm bringing and it will trigger something for him and we could be on to another lead. Will keep you posted!!