Just in case you didn't notice...I posted up some links on the right side on my website.
One is for the Auditory Verbal Center, Inc. Thats the center that taught me to hear and speak.
The next one is the homepage for Advanced Bionics, the implant company that I have (and ABSOLUTLY LOVE!).
And the others are friends with Cochlear Implants and AVC graduates from the center I graduated from. They vary in ages, so you get a wide variety of points of views and lifestyles with the Cochlear Implants.
But they're all really good, so if you're interested...check them out too and see what they have to say! : )
Just thought I'd point that out for those curious minds out there...
August 11, 2007
August 9, 2007
Who's ready for Senior Year?!?!
I AM! I AM! I AM! I AM! I AM! I AM! : )
Yesterday we had registration at school...that was pretty much really hectic! The only awesome thing about registration yesterday was standing in the SENIOR LINE!!! haha I was so excited!! :D I also got to see some old friends that I havn't seen all summer and my teachers from last year!! That was pretty fun!
But today I had to go back beacuse I had an appointment with my new counselor to talk about my schedule, introduce myself, explain my hearing, and what-not. And of course my mom told him my awesome story with the implant and how I was born deaf and how I can now hear and speak...and of course he was just blown away and couldn't believe that my brother and I were born deaf! haha Its amazing how people's face expressions change once you tell them that you're deaf!! haha : )
So here are my classes for next year...
1. AP Microeconomics
2. Environmental Science
3. British Literature
4. Algebra III
5. Banking/ Finance
6. Bussiness Document Processing
7. Introduction to Technology
I'm looking forward to my classes this year....the courses seem like they may be a little challenging but for some reason I'm excited! So we'll see when I start next Monday!
But you know what else?!
Today, I also got my first Parking spot at Lakeside!!! I was soo excited!! I didn't get one last year (even though I could have) but I got one for this year!! YAY!
I got a little sticker to put on my back window and we went out to find the spot...and lucky me, my spot is one of the few that were in the shade!! YAY! YAY!
Heres a picture of me in my parking spot...can you tell I was excited?! haha :D
So yeah, this year should be a pretty intersting year! I'm a senior and my brother is a Sophomore!! I can't wait till football time starts! Then HOMECOMING! My favorite part of the year!! haha
Yesterday we had registration at school...that was pretty much really hectic! The only awesome thing about registration yesterday was standing in the SENIOR LINE!!! haha I was so excited!! :D I also got to see some old friends that I havn't seen all summer and my teachers from last year!! That was pretty fun!
But today I had to go back beacuse I had an appointment with my new counselor to talk about my schedule, introduce myself, explain my hearing, and what-not. And of course my mom told him my awesome story with the implant and how I was born deaf and how I can now hear and speak...and of course he was just blown away and couldn't believe that my brother and I were born deaf! haha Its amazing how people's face expressions change once you tell them that you're deaf!! haha : )
So here are my classes for next year...
1. AP Microeconomics
2. Environmental Science
3. British Literature
4. Algebra III
5. Banking/ Finance
6. Bussiness Document Processing
7. Introduction to Technology
I'm looking forward to my classes this year....the courses seem like they may be a little challenging but for some reason I'm excited! So we'll see when I start next Monday!
But you know what else?!
Today, I also got my first Parking spot at Lakeside!!! I was soo excited!! I didn't get one last year (even though I could have) but I got one for this year!! YAY!
I got a little sticker to put on my back window and we went out to find the spot...and lucky me, my spot is one of the few that were in the shade!! YAY! YAY!
Heres a picture of me in my parking spot...can you tell I was excited?! haha :D
So yeah, this year should be a pretty intersting year! I'm a senior and my brother is a Sophomore!! I can't wait till football time starts! Then HOMECOMING! My favorite part of the year!! haha
August 5, 2007
We LOVE our Direct Connect!
Hey - Just thought you might enjoy a picture of the implant with the direct connet. We went hiking this weekend in North Carolina and so my brother and I both took our ipods to listen to in the car. And lets just say, now that my brother got the new harmony - he has become OBSESSED with the new direct connect!! haha So now both my brother and I won't go anywhere without it!! haha : )
Here is a picture of my brother with his implant and the direct connect attacted to it.
For those of you who don't know - the direct connect is like a headphone set for the Advanced Bionics users. Its the black cord that hangs down from the front of the implant that connects to the ipod or to whatever you're listening to (cell phone, ipod, computer, mp3 player, etc.)...
And just another thing to notice...my brother got his implant about a month and a half ago and his hair and skin is already back to normal! I know there are alot of parents out there that are worried about what their kids are going to look like afterwards and scared about the whole hair thing...but his hair grew back, you can't really see the scar, and he's already had a hair cut since after the surgery.
So your hair will grow back and it'll go back to normal!!
Just another note for those worried parents... : )
Here is a picture of my brother with his implant and the direct connect attacted to it.
For those of you who don't know - the direct connect is like a headphone set for the Advanced Bionics users. Its the black cord that hangs down from the front of the implant that connects to the ipod or to whatever you're listening to (cell phone, ipod, computer, mp3 player, etc.)...
And just another thing to notice...my brother got his implant about a month and a half ago and his hair and skin is already back to normal! I know there are alot of parents out there that are worried about what their kids are going to look like afterwards and scared about the whole hair thing...but his hair grew back, you can't really see the scar, and he's already had a hair cut since after the surgery.
So your hair will grow back and it'll go back to normal!!
Just another note for those worried parents... : )
August 1, 2007
VolunTEEN at the Children's Hospital
My last day as a VolunTEEN at the children's Hospital was today! :( I could only do it for the summer, and becuase of school starting in two weeks, today was the last day for us.
I got to work in the Operating Room with my friend Sumon. We had fun helping all the nurses, watching the different surgeries, helping the hospital move into the new building (which was so confusing lol), and learning about what its like to be a nurse at the hospital! My favorite part was seeing all the surgeries - I got to see intestines, the inside of a stomach, lungs, and a heart!
Who knows, maybe I'll become a nurse working in the OR one day... :)
Here's a picture with me and the people I worked with in our lovely scrubs...
Sumon, Elizabeth, Mrs. June (the lady in charge of us) and then me...
I got to work in the Operating Room with my friend Sumon. We had fun helping all the nurses, watching the different surgeries, helping the hospital move into the new building (which was so confusing lol), and learning about what its like to be a nurse at the hospital! My favorite part was seeing all the surgeries - I got to see intestines, the inside of a stomach, lungs, and a heart!
Who knows, maybe I'll become a nurse working in the OR one day... :)
Here's a picture with me and the people I worked with in our lovely scrubs...
Sumon, Elizabeth, Mrs. June (the lady in charge of us) and then me...
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