I've met a lot of people who've decided to get implants and love them. My son was born hearing, but after he turned 1, he started to slowly lose his hearing after the epilepsy started. It all came about due to his vaccinations. At 6 months he got really sick, and had a high fever, which started the seizures, which we really bad until we got them under control with medications. After he got his 12 months shots, his hearing started to go. I don't know if it was just too much for his little body to handle, but he's went from being able to talk to me, to not talking at all. I get him to sign to me words like 'Thank you,' 'mom' 'bath' 'milk' etc.... My mom is the one person in particular who has been pushing me. It's very stressful. VERY! And everyone of my friends have blamed me for this happening to him. None of it is my fault at all. God has his reasonings. I just want to make sure I'm doing what is best for my son without a world of judgment. But it'll happen regardless. Just like I had a lady one day at the store talk behind my back because I was signing to my son... "How can a deaf lady have a child?".... Of course my smart remarks came out and I told her... "Excuse me, I'm not deaf, by my son is... And who are you to judge a person whether they can hear or not? Just because someone is deaf doesn't make them bad people, or incompetent of raising a child. Have a nice day." She felt really crappy after that. But, again, like I said, it's been a very stressful process. I'm just making sure that I want what is best for him, and not just for me.
