Apr 28, 2010

Today we went for Adrian’s first hearing aids fitting at the centre near Sick Kids. Because the hearing aid centre is specialized in dealing with kids, everyone including the fitting specialist is very patient & professional. He ran over the features, instructions, warranty and the return policy before showing us how to properly put them on Adrian’s ear. The hearing aids (Nios Mircos by Phonak) have been programmed using Adrian's latest audiogram as a guide which will help restore his high-frequency hearing loss due to chemotherapy. While we have been wondering how Adrian will be coping with the aids, he surprised us all! Not only did he cooperate and let us and the specialist keep on putting the aids on/off his ears, he even showed it off to Grandpa before dinner! But we don’t know how well he’s going to tolerate it in the days to come…

The entire set!




This teddy bear has hearing aids as well...

Apr 25, 2010

Adrian @ Vaughan Mills






It's funny how Adrian pulled us to Ben & Jerry's not for ice-cream - but to take a picture of the ice-cream logo!!

Apr 24, 2010

The bicycle was one of Adrian's many birthday presents this year. It's also the FIRST bike he ever owns and he finally put it into use this weekend. He loves riding it after he knows how to pedal but he'll need more time to learn turning and so on. He's off to a great start for sure!

Apr 20, 2010

As Adrian becomes a BIG FOUR, we noticed there are quite a few changes in his lifestyle:-

- No more bibs! He refused to put them on anymore when having his meals.
- He imitates us by using chopsticks for meals at home.
- He insists to help Mama with washing veggies everyday. He'll ask Papa to get dinner ready after the preparation.
- He has his own preference on clothing these days. He'll get really mad if we got him the wrong outfit that he didn't feel like wearing that day.
- He loves colorful tops like red, yellow, orange... and hated dark colors like black, brown or grey.
- One thing he'll need to get used to... wearing his hearing aids! The hearing aids fitting is scheduled on April 28th at 17:00!!

Apr 14, 2010

Can't believe our little guy is 4 years old today! Because of the recent Orlando trip and the birthday party last weekend, we failed to plan anything special for Adrian except ordering Pizza for lunch at school with his fellow classmates. It's finally Adrian's trun to do the Montessori way birthday celebration in class as well. He's overjoyed by all the celebrations and he is proud to say "four years old" when people asked about his age. Happy Birthday little Adrian... May you grow happy, healthy and remain NED forever!

Adrian got so excited opening the gifts...

Apr 13, 2010

Adrian’s 1st speech therapy session began this morning at Markham Stouffville Hospital. It’s the first time Papa went with us to meet with the SLP and he got to understand more on where Adrian stands from a treatment perspective. We went through the latest updates and the SLP was pleased to know the pair of hearing aids is on its way. Certain hi-frequency sounds that Adrian currently has difficulty making are "f", "h", "s" & "z" and the SLP strongly believes the hearing aids will make him hear better those sounds. The focus of the 1-hr long session is on Auditory Verbal Therapy that Adrian is encouraged to use his hearing to take instructions and imitate sounds that the SLP makes. We, as parents, are advised not to give hints/gestures that Adrian may rely upon when giving instructions at home. The SLP was pleased to see Adrian cooperated during the session. One of the many things we need to work on is to encourage Adrian to use his lips more (e.g. pushing the lips forward) when making sounds.

Apr 11, 2010

Adrian had his 4th Birthday Party today along with his 6 other friends whose birthdays fall within these couple of weeks. This is the FIRST time Adrian got to celebrate his birthday with friends & families in Canada since he was born. Though he still didn't seem to know it's for his OWN birthday party, he enjoyed it tremendously (he loves attending birthday parties)! Everyone seemed to have a good time and the kids had so much fun spending 3 hours in the indoor playground!!!