Jonah's class made him a shirt to wear to surgery with their handprints on it. So sweet!
On November 26, 2012 Jonah went in at St. Vincent Hospital for his cochlear implant surgery. He was taken to the OR around 10:15. He was quite the big boy; a nurse came for him and he walked with her after giving a high five to all of us (Jarrett, both sets of grandparents, and myself). We were updated around 2:30 or so with the news that the first ear caused a little trouble because the cochlea was smaller than it looked on the CT. Dr. Miyamoto had to work just a little harder than he expected. Around 5:00 we met with Dr. Miyamoto who said that everything went well and he was able to 15 of 16 electrodes in one ear and 16 of 16 in the other. He was incredibly pleased because some patients only get 9 or 10. In the OR the audiologist had good results on the initial tests of the implants so everyone was pretty optimistic. We were able to see Jonah in recovery, though he was pretty groggy still. After a bunch of prodding, we were able to get him released enough to go to his room. We spent the better part of the night trying to keep Jonah comfortable and calm. He was pretty agitated during various times. Around 11:00 the next day, we were released to head home.
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