Myles has started his "official" baseball practice. He has been practicing with Terrance for a while now but had his first practice this past Monday night. And man!!...was it cold out there! Jordan and I about froze our buns off watching his practice. But, there was no way this mama was going to miss her baby's first practice. :)
Poor thing, he looked like a little lost sheep when he first walked out onto the field - but he quickly figured out what he was supposed to do. We know one of his coaches - Terrance used to work with him. The other two seem like great guys with a lot of patience for the little ones. They started off with a little stretching...
Followed by a little practice running around the bases and watching the coaches on when to stop and when to keep running...(Myles is the blur)
Followed by some batting practice...
They were so cute out there! I especially loved it when the coaches would tell them to stop - as in stop at that base - and they would just stop running...wherever they were. lol Too cute! He has another practice Saturday afternoon and are thrilled that the weather is supposed to be quite a bit warmer.
Jordan has also been signed up for spring softball - but her practices have not been set and we don't really have a schedule for her yet. But, she is ready to play! She really hasn't played much organized sports since she quit playing soccer a few years ago. It will do her good to get out and get playing with a team again.
This past Saturday night was our church's Valentino's. It is a dinner and variety-type show put on by the youth group. Technically, our church only has two high school aged kids - so they enlisted help from the four middle school kids, of which Jordan is one. They serve a dinner of lasagna and salad with tiramasu for dessert. After dinner, the kids put on a show. I was a little worried about the show this year, I admit. Only one of the kids had ever performed in the show before, so I was a little worried that they would be overwhelmed serving all the dinners and then performing in the show. Plus...I was on-hand for the practices and - to put it kindly - it was chaotic!! Also, Jordan's partner in both of their songs was gone for most of the final rehearsals the day of the show because she had a soccer game. But, she made it back in time and they totally surprised me and pulled it all together for the show. They all did a fabulous job! It was hilarious! Jordan's acting classes have obviously paid off. :) What a ham!
Finally, yesterday was my big post-op ear appointment where they were going to give me an audio test to determine how much hearing I had lost. On the good side, they said I had "considerable improvement" in the hearing in my right ear since the surgery. I am not to where I was before I started having all the problems - and probably never will be - but it is definitely better than where I was right before the surgery, since I was basically deaf in that ear. I apparently have an artificial bone in my ear...didn't know that...that they had to put in to replace one of the bones they removed. The doc said the hearing usually doesn't improve much once they put an artificial bone in - so he was pleased with my results.
On the bad side, my left ear drum has started to cave in some. I'm not sure what all that means at this point - but he said there is supposed to be some space between the bones of the middle ear and the drum and there isn't in my left ear. It is not completely caved in - just partially. It is something he said we are going definitely going to have to keep an eye on, along with the possiblity of cholesteotoma re-growth in my right ear. He said if it continues to cave in, he will either have to - possibly - put in some tubes or basically do the same surgery on the left side to rebuild the eardrum. Sounds fun...doesn't it?!? It looks like I will be dealing with this for the rest of my life.
But, all-in-all, I am thankful every day for the ability to hear. My doctor is great and has told me to contact him if there is any problems - basically telling me to never never ever go back to my regular doctor for anything concerning my ears. :) I can live with that.
