It's Crunch Time!

Today was a big day! We had our last appointment at NYU today and met with David's surgeon. He's a very smart guy and definitely knows what he's doing...maybe too smart...I got a couple of weird looks when I asked some of my "crazy mom" questions today. Anyway, he basically was one of the first surgeons to implant children when he was at UCSF, so I think David is in good hands. He answered all of our questions about which ear, one or two implants, complications (he has never had any), which brand implant, etc. After all that, it looks like we're going to try to get insurance approval for one implant and then worry about getting approval for the second. Steve and I thought we would have at least a month or two to think about all our questions, but it turns out that we might have insurance approval in a couple of weeks! YAY! David could be hearing well before his 1st birthday! Now we really have to think about which device we want for David, which ear and whether, and how long, we want to wait to see if the new device from Cochlear comes out. These are impossible decisions and I don't know how we're going to make them. But we will, and the upside is that we really can't go wrong with whatever we choose (except for waiting too long for the new device).

Oh, and let's add one more thing to our plate...finding a new ENT. The surgeon looked at David's CT scan and did not see enlarged vestibular aqueducts. Another YAY! One less thing to worry about. If anyone knows a good pediatric ENT please pass the info along...