about rubys surgery...

well, as some of you know, ruby's deaf & has been for as long as we've known her... she received her cochlear implant (CI) in march & has healed up quite nicely... she's to have her CI activated this coming thursday (27th) & we can hardly wait!... right now she's profoundly deaf in both ears, but the dr. seems to think that after her CI's activated, although she'll still be deaf, she'll hear conversations from across the room!!... we began learning american sign language (ASL) awhile back & are progressing right along... she's doing very well & has picked it up so quick!... we'll still be using ASL even if the CI works as she'll still have reason to need ASL sometimes & without using it daily, we'll all loose it & we don't want that... i'll be posting updates after she's activated & letting everyone know how she's doing... for those of you that pray, please pray this works as we know God's the healer & although we don't look at her deafness as something that 'needs to be fixed', how cool will it be if/when she begins to hear things like music (we're a very musical family), her sisters fighting (wow, who wouldn't want to hear that!), dogs barking (read a couple posts down & you'll understand), etc., etc... thanks & i'll post more when i know more *smile*