Take That! she said to the audiologist...

We had an appointment with the audiologist today. They tested Maria with her hearing aids and without. She reacted somewhat with the hearing aids and quite a bit without them in. As you may recall, Andy tried them about a week after we got them and found that neither one worked very well. When I called the audiologist to tell them, they didn't really believe me. So today, they asked me if I checked to make sure the batteries are good. Yes (duh). They tested Maria to see if she had water in her ears. No (duh). Then they left the room and tested the hearing aids. The one who didn't believe me came back in looking stunned and said - wow, you were right! You are so observant (or some condescending thing like that). Neither one of them worked. I just smiled and didn't say anything, because it wouldn't have been kind.

They kept them at the same volume since they're not sure what's going on with her. I called the pediatrician to ask her to request another hearing test where they'll put Maria to sleep and test her brainwave reaction to sounds. The initial one she took in January showed a severe to profound hearing loss in both ears. We keep telling the hearing therapists and medical folks that her hearing isn't that bad. They keep looking at us like we're in denial. I think it really shocked them today when Maria reacted to the sounds w/o her hearing aids. HA! I say.

And more news on the dad front. Talked to Manolis yesterday. Although he had plane tickets for tomorrow, there's more hoops he needs to jump through, so his immigration meeting has been postponed, hopefully just until next week. We're still anticipating he'll be here for Maria's 1st b-day.

And on the drinking front: Maria's doing good with the open cup. The feeding therapist showed us a couple more TAMO tricks yesterday. Sue, the nanny from heaven, came with to observe and learn. She's so good with Maria!! We're lucky to have found her...