Grace had her hearing tested on Monday and her hearing is worse. Her ear is healthy. No more cholesteatoma and no more problems with the ear drum. The prosthetic bones are in place but her hearing is worse. We are waiting to hear from the doctor. The audiologist said that since her new eardrum is still a little thick and still healing they might wait another 6 months to retest her hearing. There is still some hope of a hearing improvement but it doesn't look likely. The audiologist was really nice and showed Grace a few hearing aides that were small and in some pretty cool colors like hot pink and neon green. Grace is resigned to the possibility that she will have to get a hearing aide and she doesn't seem too upset over that. The best part is that my insurance will pay $1,000 and the hearing aides Grace was shown run about $1,200 so it won't be a terrible financial burden. The surgeon told us her hearing could be worse but I think we were hoping for a better outcome. At least we have insurance.
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Crazy!! Wow! Thanks for the update mom! Grace is hardcore!! Go grace! She's a strong girl..
GO GRACE!!!
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