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Sunday, May 03, 2015 ( 11:18 PM ) Jessica We have a new dog... she was in the animal shelter, she had been there for about 2 months, came with a littler of puppies... Buttercup (we just named her today) was hanging around Sonic, a drive through restaurant, and Evan (he works there) and a co-worker took her to the animal shelter because they were afraid she was going to get hurt in traffic. They found her puppies and brought her & the pups to the shelter where they stayed... they named her Ingrid there, but we didn't want to keep that name... we went through a couple & then Gary turned around and asked "didn't we have a dog named Daisy?" and I said "yep... oh I know, we can call her Buttercup!" She's a yellow dog, so that works. She doesn't look dainty, but what the hey! She looks like a shepherd, maybe wolf, maybe pitt, who knows what else... no pix yet except for the shelter pics and they don't capture her prettiness... I hope she gets along with our other dogs.. we're keeping them separate for now to let her settle in... she looks confused...and was growling at them... she hasn't met Indy yet (the giant puppy on my lap)... I'm not sure if she was ever a pet, but she's friendly with people. She had puppies a few months ago (i think they all found homes or are at a no-kill rescue)... is spayed now...she's ignoring the cats & I hope she'll be okay with them. Liberty (our oldest cat) is in my room now to play it safe... I was able to hear her growl... before I got my cochlear implant, I would have only been able to see it. This month will be 9 months on the 20th and April 30th was 9 months since the surgery. I've been wearing a hearing aid (a Phonak Naida) which I've had for about 2 months now & it's interesting. It gives me a sense of fuller hearing & there are some things I can hear with the HA that I can't hear with the CI (and vice versa). I no longer really like "one eared" music, I prefer having the CI and HA both at the same time. Both sides seem to send each other messages. In the beginning of April, Gary, Reuven & I went to Oklahoma so I could attend a tapestry weaving workshop with Archie Brennan & Susan Martin Maffei. It was great! I'll post more about it on my tapestry weaving/art blog. Tomorrow is the last day of speech therapy/listening therapy at UNT. It's been pretty good & I've made some progress. I sometimes feel like maybe I'm not working hard enough, and need to come up with a regular routine... I call the cochlear telephone practice line several times a week and occasionally play with my Angel Sounds app... and listen to songs & books. I don't know if listening to books is very helpful or not because I can follow the patterns of the words, but I can't understand them without looking. #
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