Andrew received a phone call this morning the USMC granted him a waiver for his hearing and he's to report to be sworn in Jan 2. Unbelievable. I never thought this would really happen. I'm just in shock. - so many conflicting emotions. Pride, fear, missing him already, shock, you name it I'm feeling it. Wow what a big morning!

Christmas Eve

I'm way behind and hoping to get caught up over the winter break (yes Winter Break for Megan) Christmas Break at my school.
Tree is finally up - house is a disaster, no baking done and I still have shopping to do. Where did this year go?

Andrew retook the hearing test and the results were not promising. So it's back to a wait and see thing. The Audiologist was a witch - she kept saying - I can't believe the school allowed him to not have amplification. I finally said Hey I had to convince the last Audiologist to help us to get them to give him preferential seating and a 504. Believe me they never insisted on it. I also told her that I'd taken him to 4 different audiologists and gotten 4 different recommendations from the beginning.
Anyway at 40 decibels he got 44% correct at 60 decibels he got 97% correct. Most soft spoken women talk at 40 but most men talk at 60 and last I checked Marines were either yelling or using hand signals. However the concern is his losing hearing not the deficits he was born with. She did say he's a great candidate for genetic studies and his children will have about a 50% chance of inheriting this condition. There is also nothing to be done about it except hearing aids. Not the Christmas News Andrew wanted. Poor guy.