So if you said a prayer...

So, if you said a prayer for Elizabeth...I think someone heard it. Today we met with Dr. Luxford from The House Ear Clinic who is of the world'stop experts in the field of otology (subspecialty of ENT)

To sum it up he assured us that Elizabeth does not have Enlarged Vestibular Aqueducts and thus is not particularly predisposed to further hearing loss. Not that further hearing loss can't happen, but with EVS--it seemed pretty much a sure thing--and forget about it if she fell on her head.

So how did it feel to hear this news? Well, I had this unusual sense of peace come over me as the doctor was talking. And really, it all seemed like a dream. Dr. Luxford allowed us to look at the films as he was reviewing them, and Marty had the bird's eye view, but all I cared about was he kept saying that he didn't find anything unusual. I think we were both in a blissful state of shock.

And once he gave us his opinion and was kneeling down in the hallway writing his notes on the chart,Elizabeth walked right up to him and gave him the sweetest hug. I was surprised she felt felt so inclined, since he was the serious type and definitely no nonsense. It was cute to see him soften up a bit when she hugged him.

Someone asked if I wanted to slug the doctor who gave us the inaccurate diagnosis and subjected all us us to almost a month of grief. Frankly I am so darn thrilled that he was wrong I can't even waste a moment of negative emotion being annoyed with him.

I told Marty I think it was a miracle and he said,"well, actually she never really had it-- you just didn't have the right information." Intellectually I can know that he is right. But somehow I feel there was a divine hand at work in the matter.

And we thank everyone who sent good thoughts, and said prayers and even those who are admittedly not spiritual and said they would, "keep their fingers crossed".

We are grateful.