Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Surgery for my second CI




Hey, I'm bilateral! I'm so excited and am eagerly waiting for the activation of the second CI on my right ear. August 7th is the big day! The bandage picture is not very good. I forgot to take the camera so we used my phone and mistakenly had the setting on small so it's hard to see. I admit the picture wasn't the most important thing to me just then. It was taken right before Bill removed the pressure bandage (after 24 hours) and I didn't want to delay that at all!


The incision picture is about 3 days after my surgery, which was on July 9th. It really doesn't look that bad if you don't think about what they do inside there that doesn't show! It's been three weeks and it's all healed up now. I'll write more about my surgery and the events leading up to it soon. In the coming posts I'm going to compare my experiences with surgery and activation to what I experienced 10 years ago when I had my left ear done. I kept a journal during that time so it will be interesting to get it out and see what I wrote. (I just have to find it! LOL)

4 comments:

Jennifer said...

Blogging can be addictive! Hope to see more of you around here! :) ((hugs))
Jen (Sweetpea)

Jennifer Bruno Conde said...

Hi Janet!

Great photos! And good for you starting a CI blog. It's addictive! I've added your blog to my blog list. :-)

Jennifer
http://jenniferbrunoconde.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Bruno Conde said...

Two days, Janet! Two days! Amanda has seven days left and we're going crazy with anticipation! TWO DAYS! I am so excited for you and can't wait to hear how it goes!

elizabeth said...

Congratulations on a successful surgery! This blog is great, and I hope you'll consider adding it to the aggregator at Deaf Village (www.deafvillage.com) -- we'd love to have you as part of our community!