Lucas -
I can't thank you enough for taking time to share your story with myself and of course others. I'm 42 and honestly felt like I could handle anything. Then when Jagger was born everything came crashing down. He has some other health issues but we're working through them. His deafness has been hard to deal with but I'm also amazed at how easy it is to accept. Not sure if that makes sense. If they tell us next week he doesn't have an auditory nerve and will NEVER hear, we'll be fine. I'm not saying we won't shed a tear but we'll be fine. We've accepted him for who he is and we'll do whatever we can to give him the fullest lift possible. If that means mainstream school, deaf school, ASL out the wazoo... we'll do what ever. If there is a chance that inplants will help him, it's worth looking into. With his different inner ear anatomy there could be an increased risk of a problem with the surgery. If we find that's the case, then we'll most certainly elect not go forward with inplants.
