No wonder she's so loud!

This morning Josie had a Doctor appointment to see an Ears, Nose, & Throat specialist because of her chronic ear infections. After examining her ears the Doctor was surprised to find not fluid behind her ears, but mucous and asked how her hearing was. I thought it was fine, but he sent us over to audiology just to check. As it turns out, she has little to no hearing in both of her ears! As I thought about this, I realized that lately as she's learned how to babble more, she yells instead of talks. She is so loud that it is very distracting and nerve racking! I told the Doctor this and he said that she likely can't really hear herself so she is louder than she should be. They wanted to get her in for surgery before we leave for Christmas but there were no openings until January, and then later this morning the nurse called me because there was a man that cancelled his surgery for Monday morning because he is sick. I'm sorry for the poor man but I feel like it is such a blessing for us that he got sick! She went ahead and scheduled it and talked to our insurance and everything. It turns out that the cancellation was at the only hospital our insurance would cover anyway, so we're feeling the blessings being poured out upon us. We're going in early Monday morning and I'm so grateful for good friends that are willing to help out with the other kids. I have to leave early so I need someone to take Maggie at the crack of dawn and someone to take Johnny to school-- so I'm grateful for their sacrifices on my behalf. We were so blessed to find such good friends here that have made it so much easier to be so far from home. I'm sure that Josie is going to be good as new and we're looking forward to her being much quieter!