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Springing Forward
Regardless of the snow last week, I'm officially declaring is spring. Last week was nothing short of gorgeous. AJ and I spent a lot of...
Heidi Renee
Mar 21, 20115 min read
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AJ's 2nd Cochlear Implant Activation
...was over a month ago. Wow. This activation was MUCH different than his first one. He had suddenly turned into such a big boy sitting...
Heidi Renee
Jul 13, 20102 min read
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Heidi Renee
Jul 6, 20100 min read
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Undoing the Undone
AJ has not had physical therapy since March. His state insurance decided, for some reason, he was doing fine without it and flat out...
Heidi Renee
Jul 1, 20104 min read
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Get Funky
S apparently my post which included the line "Jeremy's brain gets all funky and we try to figure it out," was quite funny. I don't...
Heidi Renee
Jun 18, 20104 min read
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An Update
School: We met with AJ's teacher and SLP at school a few days after his surgery. Nothing like crunching everything together, right?...
Heidi Renee
Jun 14, 20103 min read
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Post-Op Report
AJ's surgery went extremely well last Wednesday. They rolled him in at 12:20 and his surgeon came up to chat with us at 3:15. They got...
Heidi Renee
May 16, 20103 min read
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T'was the night before surgery...again
There is simply not enough time to backtrack and explain the last few weeks, or months, or whatever time period has lapsed since my last...
Heidi Renee
May 11, 20102 min read
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Why There?
Why There? Well, after a horrid and short experience with domestic adoption, Jeremy and I chose International Adoption. We chose there,...
Heidi Renee
Apr 14, 20102 min read
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Out for a Stroll
The other day I was driving through our old neighborhood. It is essentially where Jer and I began our life together. We lived there,...
Heidi Renee
Apr 12, 20102 min read
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Apr 1, 20100 min read
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Gasp
I just felt someone punch me in the stomach. Not really, but the wind was certainly knocked out from under me as I realized AJ's next...
Heidi Renee
Mar 17, 20104 min read
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today
today, i am beyond thankful for my son's cochlear implant and his ability to hear and listen. today, i am thankful for our neighbor who...
Heidi Renee
Mar 17, 20101 min read
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Sunday Night Raw
Sensory Integration Dysfunction, also called SID, is our most recent enemy. AJ has had a remarkably bad weekend, full of sensory...
Heidi Renee
Mar 7, 20106 min read
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The Big News
PT: We switched up AJ's kinescio taping. We were taping from the inside of his foot, around the bottom, up the side, almost to the knee,...
Heidi Renee
Feb 27, 201013 min read
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Moon River
My heart is aching, tears are flowing. And I suppose it was only natural that an empty house would allow me to finally feel what feels...
Heidi Renee
Feb 20, 20104 min read
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What's Goin' On
Recently I have been tempted to delete this blog. Yes, I said delete, finish, adios blogging world. After a long discussion, Jer and I...
Heidi Renee
Jan 26, 20107 min read
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Lavender and Horseradish
On Monday I had the opportunity to view the video assessment on AJ. The assessment took him through a sensory journey. I sort of...
Heidi Renee
Jan 22, 20103 min read
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Puzzle Pieces
While writing an email to AJ's teacher last night, I reminded myself that I promised to update AJ's gains. I also realized that our...
Heidi Renee
Jan 15, 20105 min read
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Normal Expectations
A few posts ago I mentioned that AJ's teacher wanted to explore a specific curriculum for AJ. The curriculum is called Every Move Counts....
Heidi Renee
Jan 8, 20104 min read
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