Update

Yesterday Ellie went to get fitted for hearing aids at a hearing clinic. Adam tells me that they will take about a month to get ready and that they will be pink. We are to put them on her while she is awake, and the hearing tech said that with hearing loss like Ellie's, the child usually ends up being able to hear at least a little. It is exciting to think that she will be able to hear our voices and the boy's craziness. We pray that it will help her to be more alert and focused.

Otherwise there is nothing new around here. It has been a difficult week for me because Ellie was sleeping a lot, and I just mourn the time I am missing with her. It is very difficult for me to just act like a nurse and have no real interaction with her because she is always asleep. Things have been a little better since her CST therapy on Wednesday, and she has had some good awake periods after that.

Here is an update from Adam regarding his dad. Thank you for your extra prayers for him during this time.

After several tests the doctors determined that my dad did end up having a small stroke this last Sunday. As of today he has all of his memory back except for the events of this last Sunday which he will likely never remember. In the process of doing tests they found that he has a defect in his heart which is described as having two pace makers. Basically he has two wires instead of one for maintaining heart rhythm and sometimes they are not coordinated and cause the heart to pump incorrectly. The doctors believe that this condition contributed to a blood clot that went up into his brain and caused the stroke in the area of his brain that supports short term memory. He is still in the hospital suffering from headaches and ringing in his ears due to a spinal tap that was done to him while there. He ended up loosing large amounts of spinal fluid and will need to be on bed rest for a little while in order to heal.
We can be thankful that the damage to my Dad's brain was not severe.