I am going through the CI process with my 9-year old daughter. She has decided she wants one. I really never talked about CI with her, until she told me she wants one. She told me over the summer, that she wants to listen to music. From there we talked about it, and she is set that she wants one. When we went to get new ear molds for her HA, she was asked what color she wanted, and she told them "no, i dont want HA, I want CI" She has an appt on thursday, to see another Dr, and speak some more about it. Then we will be going the following week to figure out when the surgery will be.
She is very excited about getting one. She is ready NOW, every time i mention appt, she gets excited thinking it is time for surgery. She wants it badly, even after watching the surgery start to finish. She can explain what will happen during surgery, from being put to sleep, to waking.