Posted on 11/13/2003 12:22:32 PM PST by truthandlife
I am asking a big favor from praying FREEPERS. I wanted you to start praying for my 4 year old daughter, Carly. We had an extensive hearing exam today and Carly has been diagnosed with sensor neural hearing loss. This results from damage to the delicate sensory hair cells of the inner ear or the nerves that supply blood to it. This hearing loss can range from mild to profound. She is in that mid range of hearing loss right now but could progress further. It can progress or stop progressing but it cannot be reversed. It is permanent (unless God miraculously heals her).
I am asking for prayers on a few issues: First, I ask for you to pray for her sensor neural hearing loss to stop. She can still hear reasonably well but she will have a dificult time distinguishing certain sounds without the help of a hearing aid. Second of all, I ask for you to pray for the wisdom of the doctors to find out the cause of her hearing loss. It could be a number of things. I would also like for you to pray for a miracle to happen (God willing) for a reversal of this hearing loss. The last thing is to pray for wisdom and peace for my wife and I. Especially pray for my wife who is pregnant and very emotional at this time.
Thanks for your prayers and we know that "And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28 )
I second VOA's suggestion about the House Institute, as I suggested once before. My mom used to be an audiologist there.
WHATEVER WILL BE, it will all be OK. I know it will. Your daughter is perfect and a child of G-d no matter what. Everything is going to be OK.
When I was with Compaq and heavily pressured to give to the United Way, I selected the charities on the list that I gave to (which may not have been much of a solution since they may have shorted those charities out of the "general fund"). I did not do deep research on these agencies either.
I will say that I targeted my money to deaf charities. I figured that between hearing aids and sign language training the funds would do some good.
The money is out there, you just need to find it (I don't even think that it carries financial distress tests).
A young woman who works for me every week or so is very hard of hearing due to a genetic defect. None of us is sure why - perhaps Agent Orange. She wears exterior aids, not in the ears.
I am very sorry for not giving everybody and update and thanking you from the bottom of my heart. Your prayers made all the difference in the world and PRAYER HAS TRULY SUSTAINED US THROUGH MY DAUGHTER'S ORDEAL.
To give you an update my daughter is now 5 years old and going into Kindergarten next year. She has hearing aids and is doing well with them. Her neural hearing loss has not gotten any worse (THANK GOD!) Right now it looks like she will be able to hear reasonably normal with her hearing aids. In order to get some special aid in school, she would have to classified as handicapped. We have decided against this right now until we find out how well she does in kindergarten. Since she did so well in her pre-school last year, we have decided to put her in school like a normal student.
We have had a lot of doctor appointments and she had some blood tests come back that had us worried for a while until we went for some extensive testing. It looks like the only thing that she has had a problem with is her hearing loss.
God provided $5,000 for the hearing aids and I have a great job right now with good health insurance. God has sustained us and I have reflected on the peace that God gives you through trying times. It is awesome and is a direct result of personal and intercessory prayer.
If you have any prayers that I can lift up please don't hesitate to ask me. I would be priveleged to pray for you.
Free Republic is such a wonderful place and I hope it helps and supports people for many years to come.
God bless you all!
Truthandlife
PRAISE THE LORD.
thank you God bump
I'm glad to hear that it is going so well.
I have prayed for and will continue to pray for Carly.
May you constantly seek His will...may He always answer your prayers.
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