David Goes Bilateral?

David had his second post-surgery check-up on Friday and all is well.  He has a cold so I was afraid he might have an ear infection, but he didn't, so the appointment was pretty much uneventful.  Tomorrow the doctor is submitting paperwork to our insurance company to get David's second implant approved.  I'm expecting we'll have to jump through the same hoops we did for his first implant.  We get denied, then we get denied again, then we appeal and get denied again, and then we appeal a second time and finally they approve the surgery.  At least this time we know what to expect and what we need to do.

I don't think Steve and I are ready to get David a second implant tomorrow, but I think we are almost "there", and we want to be able to schedule surgery ASAP when that day comes.  We have seen the amazing results with just one implant, and we know that with a second it will allow David to hear better in noise, be able to localize sound, give him "fuller" sound (think surround sound vs. one working speaker), and will allow him to not have to work as hard to hear.  But at the same time it means taking away the residual hearing in his left ear and being committed to the implant technology available today (since the internal part can't be replaced unless there is some kind of malfunction).  I know what the right choice is, I know what is best for David, but you're asking the most indecisive girl on the planet to come to the most definitive answer.  Hopefully it will take me and Steve (and the insurance company) just a few weeks to come around, because we have a tentative surgery date for March 11th.  Mark your calendars!