Kevin's Watch

You've been gone?

Had shots Tuesday.
Just local so it hurt like he'll.

.nice to see you av.

Your heart will be punctured with shrapnel causing a quick, painless death followed by an Irish wake?

Khaliban wrote:Your heart will be punctured with shrapnel causing a quick, painless death followed by an Irish wake?

Khaliban wrote:Your heart will be punctured with shrapnel causing a quick, painless death followed by an Irish wake?

Nothing better than an Irish wake ~ no one gives better send offs 👌😂

Post wisdom tooth removal. Feel (and look) like I've been punched in the jaw.

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Just a little left over sparkle I had lying around … you’re welcome 😉😛

Right, update on the update in the update thread.

As for me, got the keys to my new place today, so moving starts.

Beware the perils of materialism, a few more than 25 of my moving boxes contain nothing but books.

Movers arrive on Wed to pick up furniture and boxes. Not sure when my internet connection will be up and running, but shouldn't be more than a few days after that. (I really hope.)

So should be back to normal (insofar as that means anything) within a week or so. (ish).

--A

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Avatar wrote:Right, update on the update in the update thread.

As for me, got the keys to my new place today, so moving starts.

Beware the perils of materialism, a few more than 25 of my moving boxes contain nothing but books.

Movers arrive on Wed to pick up furniture and boxes. Not sure when my internet connection will be up and running, but shouldn't be more than a few days after that. (I really hope.)

So should be back to normal (insofar as that means anything) within a week or so. (ish).

--A

I’m dreading moving again ~ we’ve got 7 large bookcases filled to overflowing ~ and I threw out all of our law books ~ cuz that was a sizeable chunk we’re not likely to ever use again,
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Most are my fantasy/sci-fi/fiction books of which we have heaps ~ my husband had the nerve to tell me to throw them out!!! I’m sorry sir, that’s NOT how you treat best friends!

We have several book cases of military history books ~ and there’s no way any of them are going to get tossed.

Savor Dam wrote:Dam-et was implanted in 1994 at about 15 months. He was one of the first three children implanted in the US, with a specialist from the UK doing all three children on the same day.

It has worked very well for him.

Oh I’m worried that Riley might be too old ~ the doctor did say she is probably too old for it to help her.

Sky, the past cannot be undone. Riley is dealing with multiple challenges at a very young age. Her parents and extended family (including you) are adjusting to a lot of expectation shifts.

Implantation earlier may have been better, but now is far better than later...and this is when the opportunity came. Glad was seized.

Hearing and language are closely related topics, but have big differences. Even in the absence of hearing, a tot can learn sign language; hopefully Riley has been exposed to this and may have started building a vocabulary to communicate with others. The more foundation for language that has been established, the more her CI can help her develop auditory-verbal skills.

Only hearing will allow her the voices of her parents, surf, critter-calls, birdsong, music, etc. That is a realm the CI will open for her; do not underestimate it!

[truncating long perseveration about raising a willful child who is deaf and not reluctant to use their disability]

Almost thirty years later, Dam-et is a self-supporting / self-employed adult and passes as hearing...unless he wants to leverage his disability.

Deafness aside, he is far from neurotypical...but he comes by that legitimately.

My ex-wife had a Cochlear implant done when she was about 30 years old and she adjusted to it well. She had very little hearing in both ears and wore hearing aids in both. Her hearing in one ear finally just went away one day and we looked into the implants and really its a choice of being able to hear or not. Thankfully she did because a few months later the hearing in her other ear went away totally so she would have been 100% deaf had it not been for the implant.

Since she dealt with hearing issues her entire life she could read lips and she could use sign language fluently. That sounds good on the surface but its rare to run into someone who is not deaf (or has a deaf relative) that knows sign language.

All that to say that while I agree that earlier is probably better, being able to hear is worth it at any age.

SoulBiter wrote:My ex-wife had a Cochlear implant done when she was about 30 years old and she adjusted to it well. She had very little hearing in both ears and wore hearing aids in both. Her hearing in one ear finally just went away one day and we looked into the implants and really its a choice of being able to hear or not. Thankfully she did because a few months later the hearing in her other ear went away totally so she would have been 100% deaf had it not been for the implant.

Since she dealt with hearing issues her entire life she could read lips and she could use sign language fluently. That sounds good on the surface but its rare to run into someone who is not deaf (or has a deaf relative) that knows sign language.

All that to say that while I agree that earlier is probably better, being able to hear is worth it at any age.

wow that is so heartening to read .. Riley my granddaughter is 5yo .. so a lot younger than when your wife got cochlear implants at 30.

She is learning sign and my son is amazing ... he was teaching the Chid Care Centre she was attending .. so they can communicate with Riley.

The Centre actually used riley to acquire additional grant funding to support her cuz of her vision, hearing and speech issues. They didn't actually do anything to support her however .. and one day my son went to collect Riley from Child Care and she was seated by herself inside in a corner. Alex asked why she was not with the other kids outside .. they said cuz we don't know how to deal with her!!

Alex right there and then said he would teach the staff ... and he asked what about the kids ... and they said they didn't know how to communicate with her so he ran day classes with the kiddos too.

We have to teach her as much sign as possible before she loses her sight completely.

It is a priority for Alex, Kat and us .. we are also learning but we aren't at all competent at this stage. I visit Alex and family in April so will have to lift my game. Though Riley has always been non-verbal ... she has never had any trouble communicating with me but that is going to change as her signing advances.

Tired. Had a busy evening talking to all kinds of people yesterday at the basketball club where I'm a board member. Woke up at 3 AM and my mind immediately started churning. couldn't sleep for 2 hours.

The perils of responsibility.

--A

My wife's dad (93 this year) has really struggled this year. His dementia is off the rails and he is now in Hospice. For about a month he has been living in some past memories and has not been with us... and not eating and drinking much. Today for the first time in over a month, he recognized my wife and asked where he was. He might be lucid for a few hours, a day, a week, and then again we may go over there this evening and he is fishing or working on some past project. Yesterday he told me the "stringer" (possibly he was working on stairs or a window) was not straight and the nail was bent. He said he dropped a nail behind the workbench and needed to get it.

It's sad to watch that and to see him decline so fast.

Spiral Jacobs wrote: ↑ Tired. Had a busy evening talking to all kinds of people yesterday at the basketball club where I'm a board member. Woke up at 3 AM and my mind immediately started churning. couldn't sleep for 2 hours.

That sounds stressful … hope it gets lighter. “Heavy IS the burden of responsibility” ~ take rest as often as possible, wherever possible.

Soulbiter…

That’s really tough. Hope you and your family possess all the strength you need to navigate these difficulties ~ a hard time in all of your lives in consequence of your father-inlaws alzheimers.

I read a little handout for family of dementia patients and it said to go along with wherever they are mentally, emotionally. I don’t think many people wouldn’t automatically do this or argue against family members who mis-cited facts etc.

My mother in law had alzheimers and she used to say the oddest things ~ but once she was no longer able to be left alone (for her own & others safety) she seemed to embrace a fantasy existence that gave her immense joy.