no more pukes!

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Guess what? Aubrie truly is not vomiting now that she had the tubes put

in her ears! I thought it was too good to be true, but it's been almost

a week now and I've even increased her feeding amount. Watch, now that

I've had the gall to put it in writing she'll be puking up a storm!

Let's hope not! Anyway, it makes sense to me that all that fluid in her

inner ear (which I have a feeling was infected more often than not)

would have contributed to her upset stomach. Kind of a permanent

motion-sickness. Do any kids with vestibular problems have nausea? I'm

guessing that there have been many factors contributing to her reflux

from the start. We've found the right formula and med to help and maybe

the ears were just the last piece of the puzzle for us to find. I don't

know, but I'm knocking on wood and crossing my fingers that this is for

real. We see the GI dr on Wed, so I'll see what she has to say.

Thanks for listening to my rambling. You know there aren't many friends

around who understand all these things we have to think about with our

kids.

Oh, while I'm rambling on subjects that only you guys would

understand... Talking with our deaf therapist last week, I realized how

much I've been still denying the extent of Aubrie's disabilities. The

School for the Deaf has play groups 2ce a month. We hadn't been going

because they were on the same day as our therapy appts and Aubrie was

too young to benefit. But now our schedule has changed and she's

getting old enough to enjoy socializing. What's been holding me back

now is the thought that she's not " really " hearing impaired (she's got

one good ear, ya know) and why would I want to be with all those " deaf "

kids and deal with signing, blah, blah. Then I realized that I will be

signing soon enough (even if it's just temporary) and that those kids

and their families have as much or more in common with me than my

typical friends. I have to get over it and enter Aubrie's world. When

she is older, she will probably benefit greatly by being with other

children who have various disabilities. How narrow I would be if I

expected her to function only in my world. How can I be comfortable

with her but not with others like her? I guess I'm growing, huh? BTW,

I hope I have not offended anyone with my honesty. I assume that I am

not the only one who has felt this way in the beginning.

Michele

Aubrie's mom (9 mos)

IL