Avery and her ears – one week later
Avery’s surgery was one week ago – so how is she doing? We were told not to expect anything major from the get-go – it could take weeks or months for her to adjust to being able to (completely) hear and for her speech to become clearer – but there have definitely been subtle changes.
Many of Avery’s words are clearer than before; numerous times over the last week she has said a word/phrase that we had never heard (or, at least, never understood) before. On more than one occasion Q and I have looked at each other and said, “Did you just hear that?” We’ve also noticed a slight difference in her temperament: She somehow seems happier. At first I thought perhaps we were overreaching and seeing things that weren’t there, but today the preschool director stopped me to say that she has seen a real change in Avery in just the last two days. “She has just been so bubbly,” she said.
Another teacher reported that for the first time since she has known her, Avery sat through an entire story session without wiggling or looking away. This teacher had always thought Avery (who, after all, started school fairly young) had a short attention span – but now we really know what was going on! A part of me still feels sad to think what Avery missed out on, but I know she’s got plenty of time to make up for it.
-M
