Sunday, January 13, 2008

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Adelina went to her behavioral hearing screen this week (at CHOP in King of Prussia - only 10 minutes away for once!). There were 3 tests - two with probes checking for different brain waves and one in an actual sound booth where she was to respond to different types and levels of sounds/voices.

The two probe tests showed she could hear perfect out of the left ear, but she failed the right on both. We're going back in a few more weeks to re-test in case there was some congestion getting in the way. She was not able to hear the frequencies correctly, but she's been a little stuffy from the reflux still!

The sound booth was pretty hilarious... she was supposed to "sit still" on my lap for about 10 minutes. She was also supposed to be "quiet" - the two things that Adelina never does.


As soon as the light up dog in the corner went off, she was in full on conversation and we couldn't finish the low frequency portions.

The feedings are going o.k. and we're still on full medications of priolsec, zantac, erithromycin and albuterol. That's a lot of medication for someone who doesn't eat very much! Here's a picture of Vince during one of the wonderful feeding experiences we have... we've decided to go the humor route at this point. Imagine non-stop leg kicking and arm swinging... and gagging and Dad just smiling away.



On a side note - we want to thank everyone for their donations to the Sofia & Vincent Memorial Foundation last year. We received a letter from Abington naming the Foundation to the AMH Chairman's Board and a plaque with their names is forever in the Hall of Fame display outside the Shorday Atrium. We will also be naming a room after the babies somewhere in the NICU in the next few months.


As we likely will be visiting the NICU again this year with baby #5, we are very comforted by having Sofie & Vincents' presence there as well as all of the doctors and nurses who have cared for all four of our children. We're also blessed to have such support from friends and family or we wouldn't be able to do it all again!!

1 comment:

Jennifer said...

thank you so much for the update!!
how is hibernation?

miss you guys!

the
Keils