Update

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Hi ,

I am so glad to see the relief in your post tonight, I know I went

through allot with my own hearing loss, all the stress and torment it

caused in my life, but I can only imagine what it would have felt like

to deal with if it had been one of my children. Like Jackie and the

others said the worst is over with and you need to put the fear behind

you and relax for your own good as well as s. Kids are amazing

when it comes to recovering from this stuff and in a few years he will

laugh at you when you tell him all about this and how worried you

were. I hope you got plenty of good pictures of him tight after

surgery with the bandage, now that will be a great shot to dig out

when he starts bringing home the girl friends. If I were you I would

get a few copies made for my wallet now, you will need to put

something in there to replace the money you are used to carrying

especially once he becomes a teenager – now that is when the real

worries start.

Best of luck to you all and we will be waiting for the Activation day

updates.

Regards

Mike " Ears Hopin " P

Implanted June 3rd, 2005

Activated July 6th, 2005

Nucleus Freedom

From: " robertbudder " robertnj63@...

Date: Tue May 9, 2006 1:46pm(PDT)

Subject: matthew update

Hi everyone, first off, thank you for all your great posts in regards

to matthew and family. Even though i have family, and my wifes,

sometimes they just cant relate to all that matthew has gone through

regarding his deafness, and when i read all these supportive posts

everyone has sent, i felt so comforted, and it struck me, i have

never met any of you but yet i feel like their is some kind of bond,

commraderie, whatever you may call it, you guys feel like family!!!

Matt and mom are home today and he is recovering with great

speed...he improves by the hour....its amazing. He is up and about

and becoming the regular matthew! He hardly has any pain and his

incision is barely noticeable. The nausea is gone and he basically

gets dizzy and we were told to expect that. I warned him he may have

a weird taste in his mouth but he is thankful he hasnt experienced

that yet. I pray and pray and pray we will have no complications

during the turn on visit which is in 3 weeks. These past 4 months

were tough, i was the chosen " device picker " and i presented the

devices to wife and son and they said we will trust whatever I

pick...arrgghhh...that device choice process almost grinded me to

dust as you all know. I finally can take a deep breath and feel

relaxed with that burden behind us. I know i have said this before

but you people have no idea how much of your strength and knowledge i

absorbed in order to get this whole process moving. Thank you

everyone on all the and boards....even though you are

all in cyberspace you have built something great and powerful...and

what you built was of great help to me and my family. A Job well done.

The Budnicks

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