My crazy girl!!

Well, it's official! Kailee is crazy! Today we went back to UCLA to have what was supposed to be her last apt. before surgery. That didn't go so well! I have never in my life seen such a crazy, un-satisfied little girl. She literally would not sit still! She would not listen to ANYONE, and they didn't get any of the info she needed for us to proceed with the second implant. Now, we need to go back at least one more time, if not two to finish up the testing.



I guess there are worse things in the world, but today was a long day.:) Please pray that next time we drive and hour and a half, then sit in the Dr.'s office for two hours, that my beautiful, but stubborn daughter will behave!

On a GREAT note... Kailee said " Love you momma" to me the other day, and today she told my mom "thank you grandma". Two-three words in a row is awesome! Praise God.



We are now down south with my folks and brother for the weekend.. have a good one!

Ear updates

We went to UCLA this week to have Kailee's right ear tested. Basically what they have to do is test her right ear to see how much usable hearing she has with and without her hearing aid. (We already know she cannot hear anything), but they have to go through certain steps in order to be approved for the second implant.
We will go back next week again to hopefully finalize the testing process and get her second surgery scheduled.

We are very excited, especially because Kailee is doing SO WELL lately with her left implant. GOD IS GOOD!!!!

Thank you for all your continued prayers and support..they are much appreciated!

OK.. SO I OWE EVERYONE AN ANNOUNCEMENT...

WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER BABY. I AM DUE LATE MARCH! WE COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED. PLEASE PRAY FOR A SAFE AND HEALTH Y PREGNANCY.

Lake Trip

We just got back from our vacation to Lake Almanor with Jeff's family. What a trip!

All in all it was a great, semi-relaxing trip full of great weather and family. Besides Kailee getting swimmers ear( only lasted a few days thanlfully), she had a great time. She was the boss all week! I don't know how your children are, but my child decided to NOT listen to me or Jeff the entire trip. She had too many other people around her to spoil her:) Kai added two more words to her vocabulary list. FISH and BOAT. It's very cute! I am glad to be back home now, especially to have Kailee back in her own environment. Vacations are wonderful, but there is nothing like being home! I know it's been a while since I blogged, I promise I'll do better!

We see UCLA next week, so ill have more EAR updates then!

BIRTHDAY GIRL

We had a little BBQ party for Kailee on Sunday. What a blessing it is to have friends and family around her to love and care for her. She had a great time and definitely knew it was HER day.

I cannot believe she is 2 already! Time has flown by and we are so grateful for her. She is truly a gem, and I cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for her in the years to come HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!

Big News

Pam ( Jeff's mom) and I took Kailee down to UCLA today for our "big apt." with the Dr. As it turns out, he WILL NOT have to go back into the implanted ear to re-do anything on the left side. Everything looks great and is healing as it should. PRAISE GOD.

On another note... we found out that if we wanted Kailee to get the second implant on her other ear, that we can. The Dr. thinks it would be more difficult then a person with a "normal " inner ear, but he said he could do it.

Side note: When Kailee had her left ear done, there were some malformations in her ear that could have been hard for the Dr. to operate on. ALL went well with that, and we have every reason to believe that Kailee could have a very successful right ear implant.

It is definitely a lot for Jeff and I to think and pray about right now. Please pray for THE BEST decision to be made for Kai. We know she is doing great with one, but TWO implants would do wonders for her ! It is just hard to picture our little girl going into surgery yet again.

Here are some pictures of Kailee getting a little bored while we waited for the Dr.:)

We took Kai to the zoo yesterday for the first time. After a few melt downs before we left, we were wondering WHY we were doing this?

She had so much fun! Naturally, our little girl loved the birds the most. She was obsessed! I don't know what it is with those birds!!

SB zoo is small, so we finished pretty quickly. I think Kai was a little too young, but I am really glad we went.

While there, we met a man who had two cochlear implants! Small world. He told us his story about how he lost his hearing at age 4, then wore hearing aid for 38years before he was recently implanted! He spoke beautifully and it was a really neat surprise to meet him.

UCLA- 5 month surgery anniversary!

Kai, Jeff and I took a trip down to UCLA this week to get further testing done. She is doing fantastic. She keeps responding more consistently, and to lower pitches each visit. This is VERY exciting and it just shows how well her progress with the implant is going.

Jeff and I recently felt some sharp bumps behind Kailee's ear where she had the surgery. We will be going to see the surgeon in a few weeks to see if everything is normal. Worst case scenario.. Kai has to go back into surgery to fix the steel plate that holds the implant in. Please pray that everything is secure and stable and that he does not need to cut her open again anytime soon:) I don't know if I could handle it!

We will also be talking with the Dr. about implanting her Right ear. She has a malformation that would make it a little bit more complicated to implant, but Jeff and I are excited to hear Kailee's options. She is doing SO WELL with one implant, that we are not sure about the second. Please pray for wisdom:)

I thank you all again for your prayer and support through this journey. I can't believe it has been 5 months since her surgery!!

I will keep you updated on any news.

Blessings..