She was activated on May 14. As we speak, she's been living with sound for a month. The cochlear implant has radically changed my life. I was introverted before. It's opened a new world of possibilities.
Communication is everything.
My son was home for a week and we got to know each other. We had had inhibited conversations before. This time we were lying on my bed in the dark just talking. But he was testing me. He mentioned our dog, Sally, and said 'salad' and I caught it.