Thursday, she had her sedated hearing test. Even though I had to wake her at 4am to feed her a last meal before the 9am procedure she had a good attitude.
She fell asleep easily but woke up in the middle so they had to put an IV in. It took her a little longer to wake up at the end, but that was the only hiccup.
The results of the test are that Hannah's hearing is the same in her right ear, but her left ear has declined. We will get stronger aids for her in a couple of weeks. I was sad when I heard her hearing is getting worse, but am encouraged that the aids are helping and during speech therapy (and other times) she really is hearing sounds!!
Friday, we loaded up the minivan at 6am and headed to Cincinnati.
All I can say is WOW about this hospital. We hardly waited at all, the doctor spent more than ample time with us and everyone we came in contact with was great.
The doctor taught us a lot more about Hannah's MRI, that speech therapy is most important right now, what exactly "having a small head" means and more little nuggets that are too hard to explain. We felt encouraged when we left and this doctor will follow Hannah.
As I've said before there are no outward signs (except for her head & hearing aids) that she is (or will be) behind but we want to be proactive with therapy and seeing the best doctors we can find. She actually rolled over yesterday which is huge y'all!
After Friday's appointment we traveled back to Louisville via southwest Virginia. That's where my g'ma lives and since she hasn't had a chance to meet Hannah yet we wanted to go see her. Yes, southwest VA is really not on the way from Cincinnati, so that meant A LOT of time in the car but our kids did great. We got back home around dinner Saturday night.
It was a whirlwind of a weekend, but filled with good family time.
"Give thanks to the LORD,
for he is good.
His love endures forever. "
Psalm 136:1
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