As I head home from the second cochlear implant appointment, I can’t help but squint with pride after discovering my new superpower. I remember this movie from my youth where they were testing a girl’s hearing, and they discovered that she could hear beyond the normal human range. I thought that was SO cool and […]
Today we started off by asking how I was recovering from the surgery: the healing ear, balance, taste, and other symptoms. I was healing well! Check Check. Is this thing on? The external processor was handed to me and we went through the steps of attaching it to my head using the magnet (my head […]
It’s Closing Time…. in the Post-op. Now if this recovery room were a bar, I would have had the reputation of the night. After 3 anti-nausea meds and several long naps, a very drowsy, puky me was the last gal being wheeled out of the recovery room. Even on the way home, I was being held up as […]