Last Friday Landri had her second Cochlear Implant surgery! We are so very happy to report that Landri's left ear had a very successful surgery. It took only about 3 hours and was "text book". They bring in a team from electrophysiology to test the implant during surgery and her auditory nerve responded!! This is great news because until this we had never had confirmation that Landri had a working auditory nerve. Woooo hoooo......she does! Here is a picture of Landri celebrating at the hospital with her favorite snack.....a cheeto.....which makes perfect sense because Halle's first word was actually "cheeto". :-)
We did have one surprise during surgery. While in post op they noticed an abnormality in how Landris heart was beating on the monitor. That led to an EKG and meeting with their Pediatric Cardiologist within hours of surgery. It was determined that Landri has a heart abnormality called Long QT disorder. We are now in the process of determining which strain of the disorder she has and also since it is genetic...who else in our family has it. In the meantime, they have Landri on medicine to slow her heart rate down in hopes of evening out the beats. As we learn more on this....I will post more. For the time being...thoughts and prayers.
Landri got her stitches out today.....still smilin and doing great!!
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