Communication

I don't know if you remember back when we learned about Aggies brain?  The doctor told us the area that was affected controlled gross motor skills and communication.  With the hearing loss,  we didn't really know what to expect in these areas.  I just decided we would take what we got and run with it.  Naturally I pray often that the Lord would allow Aggie the ability to walk and talk, I often plead in tears for such things as they are so close to my heart.  I have been so thrilled this week to realize Aggie is trying to talk.  I knew she had a couple sounds that represented things, but we were kind-of stuck there for awhile.  I sometimes thought, is she really saying what I think she's saying, or am I just fooling myself here.  Then some of her therapists started noticing the correlations as well. Phew, I'm not crazy!  This week she's picked up a few more sounds/words! I made a list for the speech therapist of words I thought Aggie was saying/trying to say, and a list of words I want us to work on, or that I think she would be interested in saying to promote communication.  The therapist breaks down syllables for us so she can learn the easiest sound for a word first and then add to it.  I was pleasantly surprised at all the words she  was trying to say, there are 14 of them.  I'll list them for you in plain english and not give the Aggie version.  Bottle, Eat, MaMa, Dada, Buba, Aggie, Hop, Duck, Bye, All done, night-night, drink, dog, hi, chip.  She understands many sentences and phrases that require a response (ie. give a kiss, give five, dance). Any way...... this morning I woke up to Aggie saying "up, up, up" over the monitor.  Mike got up and got her and I heard her say "eat, eat, eat........ baa baa"  and it hit me, just how kind God has been to her.  He is once again answering our prayers for Aggie.

Additionally a week prior to Friday Aggie was evaluated by the deaf and hard of hearing teacher  and someone who specializes in fitting children with communication devices.  They naturally doted over Aggie and I shared with them the things she was doing in this area. At the end of our time together I asked them what they thought?  And they both agreed that they think Aggie will be verbal!! How very exciting for her!