Gardening, and a big day for Norah and her family.

Thursday was a big day for Norah (and us). Norah had her hearing aids fitted by Dr. Christensen. She did very well with us being shown how to put the hearing aids in and then practicing to make sure that we could replicate the fit at home. We were provided with a kit to clean, check and store the hearing aids and instruction on how to change batteries, clean, ect. Then it was off to have a hearing screening to see where the hearing aids brought her hearing up to. Before, without hearing aids Norah could only hear things like a chainsaw starting close by. Now she can hear regular conversation, she should be right in the area on the charts that will allow her to learn speech. If she responds well to speech therapy we may not have to have a cochlear implant. If yesterday is any indication Norah wants to talk REALLY badly. We both had headaches by the end of the day from her being so vocal. After we got home from the Dr. at around 3:00 Norah had had enough. We took her hearing aids out and got her to go to sleep for about an hour.

She would only stay asleep as long as Lori was laying beside her, as soon as Lori got up to use the bathroom she woke up and kept going till she finally passed out at around 1 A.M. (yes, your read that right). Hopefully today will be a better day as far as attitude (she started out cranky yesterday, before we even got the hearing aids).

Norah does not have speech yet. Having only had hearing aids for approx. 6 months before we adopted her she has the speech of about a 10 month old. Lots of babbling and one syllable words (ma, ba, ect). We all have a lot of work ahead of us. It's a good thing we have a lifetime together to get through as much as we can. Norah getting her hearing checked after getting her hearing aids.

This was the attitude for the day. Just look at that face.

Norah working in the garden.