No BIG Check

No!! I didn't win BIG in Vegas. I swannie!!! That always seems to happen. However, we actually came out ahead!! So, in Vegas terms, that is a win!!! We had a ball. Did the usual things, saw the sights, took in 2 shows. We saw KA, which is one of the Cirque Du Soliel shows out in Vegas. Of course it was fabulous!! We have seen three of their shows so far and I'm telling you......you can't go wrong with any one of them!! However, Mystere is still my most favoritest of all!!! When we checked in at the hotel, we were given a coupon for free tickets for a new show at Planet Hollywood. We got to see Stomp Out Loud. We had great tickets and it was a really good show!! WooHoo!! I looooove freebies!!

I ended up not using my Vegas program on my processor. I tried switching it over a couple of times, but it cut out too much of the sound. Everything was real small and tiny. I couldn't hear much of anything. I was just fine with my regular program. Nothing was really loud. I started noticing while we were in Vegas, and have noticed since then, that when things are REALLY loud, my processor seems to cut out a lot of the sound. I'll have to talk to Meg about that.

We went to the Toyota Perfect Attendance party last weekend and there were 2 concerts. One was very loud. However, I didn't hear a whole lot with the implant. So, I'm not sure what is happening.

Yesterday I switched over to the "slow" program that Meg wants me to try. I've not been able to tell any kind of big difference so far. However, she said I needed to give it several days before I really started comparing. The brain has to get used to a different program. So, we shall see.

Things are continuing to progress. No big changes, but I can tell that things are better. I can pick up what people are saying a lot easier and sometimes I feel like I am so close to truly being able to hear and understand them! I can also pick up some things that Keegan is saying. We were over at Mom's for dinner the other night and I was able to decipher a lot of what she was jabbering on about. Believe me, she jabbers on a whole lot!! That girl has a lot to say!!! Romy is still very screechy, but I know when she's talking!

Let me see if I can find some of our Vegas pictures!!


They are still working on Planet Hollywood. They've only got this end done.

A white tiger at the Mirage. Love that boy!

We ate lunch one day at a french restaurant at Paris that had some outside seating. Our lunch was FABULOUS!! We could also see the Bellagio fountains across the street when they were doing a show. Wonderful place to sit!

This is on the other side of the street.......in front of the fountains looking back through the trees to Paris and the restaurant where we had lunch.

SpongeBob does Vegas!!!

The mist!! Getting ready for a show. I think this was for the theme from Titanic.

More fountains.

The check-in lobby at the Bellagio. I LOVE those pink hangie down things!!! The Bellagio has the most beautiful floral arrangements.

These are all from the conservatory in Bellagio. As you can tell, the Bellagio fountains and conservatory are my favoritest places in Vegas! Just absolutely beautiful and amazing!!!

The glass building was set up like a potting shed and was full of butterflies!

Just A Quick Post

Yes, it's been a while since I've posted anything, but maaaaannnn, things have been busy!!! I need to make this a quick one because we are leaving for Vegas in the morning!! Wheee doggies!!! I have to be up and out of the bed in about 4 1/2 hours from right now. Doesn't leave a lot of sleeping time.

A couple of good happenings: Last Sunday (after meeting up with my good luck charm-DeAnne at Lowes ---- yes, I was back at Lowes and spent a LOT of money again!!! You know how that Lowes place is!!!)........later that afternoon, I was over at Cynthia's playing with the girls in their sandbox. They were getting ready to go inside, so Cynthia was rinsing them off. I wasn't really listening to what she was saying, but I heard her say Come over here Romy. It was a minute later that I realized that I actually HEARD her say that!! Snappy!!! Then later on, Rick thought he was being real slick and would test me. His face was over near my implant and he said something. I said What. He repeated and I knew what he said. He then said something else, I asked for a repeat, but then knew what he said. The third thing he said I caught the first time. So, things are starting to get through!! That doesn't mean I'm hearing everything that's going on, but I am picking up more. If I'm just listening to a conversation, I don't catch anything. But I can tell that things are improving!!! We are getting there!!

Yesterday I had my tweaking with Meg. She piddled with my current program, but also gave me another program to try. My normal one is a "fast" program, but she said some people prefer the "slow" program. Before my next appointment in 2 months, she wants me to try each program and compare. See which I like better.

She also did the little test with the words. You know.....baseball, toothpaste, hot dog, bluebird, rainbow, ice cream.....those words. This time I could really tell what the words were!! I wasn't kind of guessing. They weren't plain as day, but I could tell which one she was saying!! Yippee!!

I also got my Vegas program!! I figured she would take out some of the high pitches, but actually she removed some of the low tones. She said that in a casino, all the noise is a low roar and that overtakes anything else I would hear. So, I'm all set!!!

Meg and another audiologist have discussed me a lot!! I guess I'm a good subject for conversation!! Glad I could give them a little something to talk about!! They feel that most of my issues have to do with the whole spinal fluid thing. The spinal fluid causes intracranial pressure which in turn can cause a lot of the issues that I'm having. However, she said the only way to prove it is by a spinal tap, but we won't be doing that!!! You don't just do a spinal tap for the fun of it!!! Also, there's nothing they can do about it anyway. I don't have any major problems, so it's just something I get to live with. It's probably always been there and I guess it will continue to always be there. Goodie for me!!! She also said that even though it's been 2 months since my surgery, that I'm still healing, so things haven't totally settled down yet.

Well, that's all I can think of right now. My brain has started to shut down anyway!! I now have 4 puny hours till time to get up!! I'll get back to you in about a week or so. Hopefully I'll have some good Vegas pictures!! And HOPEFULLY, there will be a picture of me holding that BIG check made out in my name for a bazillion dollars!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!