I am finally at peace being deaf-blind.
I still can not hear that great, and can not communicate with people easily, but I am not as scared.
The other day I had noticed my hearing had dropped over night. I told a friend to send out the prayer request to everyone she could.
She did, and that very day I felt the prayers. My anxiety level was back to normal and I didn’t fear losing my hearing.
It’s still a scary thought being completely deaf-blind. But I know that I’ll get through anything with prayers.
It is difficult to understand my parents, and I can’t very well. Mom is having to fingerspell to me when I don’t understand her, and Dad haas to write on my palm.
I really hate print on palm, but it is something that works even if it does take a while. Dad can’t fingerspell because his hands are affected with arthritis and they won’t bend the way they need to to make the letters.
I am managing the best I can, and I can’t wait to get back home where I don’t haved to communicate with anyone except Isaiah and the computer. They are the two things I can understand.
by Yvonne Foong, on 04.22.09 @ 8:33 pm
Yeah sometimes I don’t feel like communicating with people. It’s really tiring to do so even when I can still read. I would have to wait for people to write and strain my neck to quickly read what they write because I can’t wait until they finish writing before knowing what they want to say. Haha!