ALL CLEAR! YIPPEE!!!

Yesterday while being wheeled out of the hospital

I got the final phone call that our last child's MRI was normal.

Child #1 got the all clear a few days before that.

We are relieved to say the least.

So I guess Chad is a genetic mutant.

He is an X man.

I am home and recovering.

 :)

Since I was in the hospital I missed sign language class #4, which

came with about 120 new words which is about twice as many

as the past 3 weeks.

We are getting better thank goodness. I feel like this skill

will be very important. I am so glad we started right away.

We are very grateful to those who are helping us by bringing in meals,

and my mother who has cleaned my house and picked up child #4 from school every day.

We watched "The Hammer" movie last night. I bought it at Walmart.

It was very inspirational and thought provoking.

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How can you prepare?

I found this movie today.

I am going to buy it as soon as I see it

in a store.

The Hammer Movie Plot

Inspired by the life of deaf UFC fighter, Matt Hamill, The Hammer tells the

 story of what it takes to be a champion, on and off the mat.

My boys LOVE wrestling.

Last night my husband and I were driving home from

child #4's last high school wrestling event of the season.

It was a 1 1/2 hr drive so we decided to practice our "new" sign

language terms on the way home. We had also practiced on the

way there in the morning.

We noticed what a huge difference practicing makes.

When we showed up at our 2nd class. We were

the most prepared. (of course we also are the

two who have the greatest need to learn this language.)

Chad didn't attend because his mouth was still sore and he

looked just like a chipmunk.

We spent this morning looking up sign language words.

Then we were looking at a few different blogs.

One was by a couple where the husband is deaf and the wife is

hearing and the challenges they are facing.

We also came across a VLOG or video blog of what

must be a deaf man. He was signing his blog entries

We tried very hard to read his words but man we couldn't keep up.

I looked at books on deaf culture on Amazon, and websites.

I have come to the realization that we are not prepared.

Sure we have had 2 sign language classes but

besides about 60 words, I realized how many I don't know.

  We really do need a miracle.