I remember walking out of the doctor’s office feeling frazzled, frazzled and scared. I was only seven years old when I was told that I would be needing a surgery if I ever wanted to hear again! I Rembert just laying in bed all the time, not being able to sleep. I always constantly thinking about my surgery, and all the things that could go wrong.
I tried everything, I told my parents that I would get hearing aids, I told my parents that I could live without hearing out of my right ear. But nothing ever convinced them, they set me down and basically told me that everything will be just fine, to make me feel better about things they promised they would buy me a new SpongeBob computer game, I was still mortified but that made things a little better.
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I remember they gave me a wristband when I was admitted and it was the absolute worst feeling in the world. I remember the surgeons talking to me about the surgery! They were really positive and told me not to worry, basically it was a night of hearing “everything will be okay” and I just couldn’t allow myself to feel okay. I picked up the scrubs and cap that I would be wearing to surgery, the scrubs had cats and dogs hugging all over them, I liked them but they were very childish. And I chose a cap with Chile peppers all over it because the only other option was a Bob the builder cap, and I felt too old feel that, I was too old for that! For a seven year old I did many mature things, and in hindsight I’m very proud of