Heather .. Patient Expert

Cincinnati, Ohio
I write a blog about the journey we're on raising our deaf toddler, Ethan. He has bilateral... Full Bio
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The wheels keep turning. by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It's crazy how every time I think I'm hitting bottom, Ethan wondrously pulls a new trick from his sleeve. Thank God for that. There is a new teacher in his room and he looked ... Read on »
One Tough Monkey by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I love the juxtaposition of the monkey suit with the serious countenance.I can't believe how long it has been since my last post here. The weeks have just flown by and at time ... Read on »
Summer Be Gone! by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Ethan and dad at the zoo.What a summer! It has really flown by and I have to say that I couldn't be happier to see it come to an end. I never thought I'd utter those words, bu ... Read on »
ER Boy by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I think I've mentioned that Ethan has been having some temper tantrums lately. Sunday morning he lost mind when he realized that there was no chance that his broken banana cou ... Read on »
Pool Boy by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I can't believe how fast time is going, it's almost July 4th and summer will be half over! As hard as that is to swallow, I have to admit that I will like having Ethan back in ... Read on »
Harnessing Happiness by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Ethan is such a happy little guy. He has a sweet little disposition when things are going his way, or when grandma's and grandpa's are around. In so many ways he is just a typ ... Read on »
Sleep, it does a body good. by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Totally hamming it up. Ham Central. E than has been getting some sleep lately, the kind of deep sleep that goes a long way towards helping his development. I say this because ... Read on »
Dad Magic by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Well, first off, this will be an unusual post. This is the Dad of the household; I don't run this blog and though I've been asked to contribute many times by Hetha, it has jus ... Read on »
Bring on the tests. by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I need to start taking more pictures because I just combed through my files to find something for this post and came up dry. What's up with that? We've been busy! I took Ethan ... Read on »
Using his words by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Ethan has been thrilling us lately with his progress in speech and language. His new speech therapist (now 5 min. away!) is really encouraged by his latest attempts at speech ... Read on »
The Right Track by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness We have been through the process of writing an IEP with 3 different school districts in the last 8 months and today I finally signed something. The one we wrote in our new dis ... Read on »
Mac-Daddy Magic by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness We overslept today. In a mad rush to get Ethan out the door and into the car I managed to leave his backpack with his lunchbox. Since he's on the gluten and casein free diet a ... Read on »
Snow Day! by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Suited and Booted! Inspection before eating. Snow-eating grin! Read on »
Pics of the Place by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The backyardView of backyard from deckThe toy room in our basementMore toy roomThe craft table in the toy roomCan you tell we really like the toy room? I love it because I'm ... Read on »
New Beginnings by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Home. We've been busy getting settled and finding our groove in our new location. There are days when I look around and just can't believe that we live in this house. It's suc ... Read on »
Meeting Santa for the first time. by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Our children's hospital puts on a wonderful event called "Sensitive Santa" organized by the child life specialists and the family resource center. It's a chance for ... Read on »
Too much fun... by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness courtesy of photofunia.com Read on »
Ethan Inspires by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Ethan sitting in circle time in his classroom. I opened my email today to find a message from a mother in Nebraska (Hi Stacy!) whose son is also profoundly deaf (with cochlear ... Read on »
G. I. Business by Heather .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness From the archives - PT Session Jan. 2007I just came from school where Ethan's teacher informed me that today he was a totally different child. They were wondering how long he' ... Read on »