Jordan with her marked ear, ready for implant surgery.Yes, we had another Cochlear Implant surgery and not for Marshall. To our surprise Jordan failed her hearing test and has a bilateral profound hearing loss and qualified for a Cochlear Implant. Of course, having already been through this, we decided that we wanted Jordan to be able to hear us, if at all possible and the implant would be the only way. She would of course have to wear hearing aids for 6 months prior to surgery, just like Marshall did. She got her aids around early December and did very well with them. We knew that we were going to be in Detroit at the beginning of the summer and that as always with implants, there are weeks of follow up appointments to map and program and speech appointments to attend to follow Jordan's progress with the implant. Since practically everyone at Children's hospital knows us by now, we were able to get her scheduled for April 16, 2008. Five days after she turned one, she had her surgery and did great. I stayed the overnight stay with her at the hospital and aside from gas from the anesthesia, she did well. Everyone joked about her sucking on her thumb, because every time the nurses or doctors came in, she was sucking on her thumb. Dr. Dornhoffer even made sure that he put the IV in the opposite hand, so she could suck her thumb, now that's service.
Once we got home, Jordan had to wear the bandage for a day. When it was finally time to take it off, her poor face was so swollen, that her eye was almost swollen shut. The doctor said that she probably had an allergic reaction to the tape, but once we removed the tape and bandage, the swelling went down.
Jordan Implant Surgery 2007Marshall Implant Sugery 2004
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