Activation day!

The night before activation I was up preparing the camera, and video camera for activation until 12 but I couldn't seem to go to sleep. I must of drifted off before 2am when wheels texted me. Then I woke up at 5 am with anticipation and excitement to the point where I couldn't sleep anymore.

So, Aubz and I worked on the Skype to get it working before activation. I got to see the whole process with her ci in 2011. Then we talked for about an hr.

I left the house at 8:15 in case i25 was backed up. However it was easy going and took less than 30 minutes to get there. Since it was Monday, the check in line was very long.

Once we checked in and got up to the waiting room, my heart was shaking with excitement and nervousness. There was a slim possibility that it would not work because of it being unaided for so long. . I was so curious to what it would be like to hear out of my right ear. :)

After 30 minutes of waiting, which felt like a hr, Dr. Rodel called us back. Walking through that long hallway, my heart started pounding cuz I knew this was it! As soon as we walked in the room I saw my suitcase, batteries and the remote on the table. So exciting.

We first did some test to see what the best starting mapping would be. This test consist on telling my audiologist when I heated a tone. He then turned it on and asked how does it sound? It was really hard to explain how you hear it when it's your first time hearing it. I described it as a constant motor noise. He then turned it up to hear his voice. I could feel the vibration of his voice but couldn't understand it. He then turned it up again and it was more louder, which was too loud because it felt like it was pounding in my head. He told us that the motor noise will decrease the longer you wear it.

He then programmed the ci to 4 program from 1-4. 1 being the softest and 4 being the loudest. Then he showed me how to use all the equipment and showed me my suitcase with a bizillion things in it!

We had a video recorder but it didn't record, so I was disappointed! But then my dad had some videos on his phone so we have clips of activation!

I then went home afterward. I noticed throughout the day that I was hearing a lot better and could kinda tell where sound was coming from. It almost made me cry because I've never been able to do that before. It feels really weird hearing out of 2 ears! If I wasn't wearing my hearing aid too, I would be so lost right now.

Even with 3 hrs of sleep, I was on fire with excitement. :) it was one if the best day of my life this far.