Life On Lisburn

It's so hard to believe but little man had his surgery a week and a day ago.  It feels like it was yesterday and it also feels like it was forever ago.  The family is doing well - but let me share with you the past week. There are quite a few days & dates in my life that I don't think I'll ever forget May 21, 2005 (Married Jeremy Ellis) July 21, 2007 (Bought our first house) April 6, 2011 (Met our wonderful daughter Anna Christine) July 23, 2014 (Welcomed our incredible son James Lawson into the world) those are just a few - and August 8, 2014 is proving to be another one of those unforgettable dates.  Neither Jer nor I were really sleeping soundly that night.  We had tucked Anna in and told her that Gran would be taking her to school in the morning.  We tried explaining to her that we were taking Jamesey to the doctor - she was so sweet and just kissed him and told him to get better.  I think she and Jamesey were the only ones in the house w...

It's hard to believe that we have two more days and then it's Friday.  Friday - August 8 - the day that Jamesey undergoes Cochlear Implant surgery.  We are supposed to call on Thursday between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m to learn our arrival time.  Little Man can't have anything to eat after 11 p.m.  - tell me how do you explain that to a growing boy who can't hear you?  Not excited about that.  It sounds like they are trying to give us the earliest surgery time possible - but still --choosing to be thankful for early surgery times (whenever that may be).  Incredibly enough - the surgery is now designed as outpatient surgery.  For those of you who are curious about how a cochlear implant works I would encourage you to take a look at this video. It's put out by one of the cochlear implant manufacturers but I think it presents some helpful starter information.  If you're not faint of heart there are also videos of CI (Cochlear Implant) surge...