Surgery #1

One of the girls, our oldest,  came to us with missing eardrums(big holes in her eardrums), plus a little bone behind an eardrum was partially gone.

It took us sometime to get things settled, and get her an insurance.

We saw two different doctors. First doctor said that it cannot be repaired do to how bad it was damaged. The doctor told us that this surgery needed to be done long, long time ago, and that we lost a lot of time by waiting. :( I asked him to refer us to a different doctor, for a second opinion.

About a week later we saw a different doctor, and this doctor told us that there is a chance, and he was willing to try it...  He said that they will try to use all the materials they have, but he might need to get a piece of her jaw bone to repair missing, little bone in her ear, and might need to use a muscle from her jaw to repair her eardrum.

We were excited to finally schedule her a surgery!  She had her first surgery on February 7, 2018, on her right ear.
Surgery went well, it took them about 1 hour and a half from start to finish. We will see a doctor in first week of March, and will know more how it went and whats in the future. She still can't hear well, hoping for some improvement.

Recovery was hard, but she is so strong, she was in pain but tried hard to be in a positive mood.

She couldn't eat, was dizzy, in pain and didn't really leave her bed for at least 4 days.
I am so happy that it's over, and now is is back to her normal, happy self.

February 2018 Update

I don't even know where to start...It's been a long time since I did any updates or shared any news here or on our blog!

*Most of us were down with a horrible flu for few weeks, at the end we all survived :)

*We are still homeschooling 10 out of 11

*Kids are in grades: 2nd, 4th, 4th, 7th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th

* four kids still taking piano lessons

*two kids are in speech

*ten kids taking gymnastics

*one child takes guitar lessons

*one of the girls just had a surgery, and still recovering

*we have a court scheduled to obtain a legal guardianship for one of the girls

*we started an adoption of our oldest, she is 19, and hopefully will adopt her by summer

*house is almost done, just few little touch-ups and hopefully I will have time to make a video or take a lot of pictures to share it with you

*two oldest girls are working

*Sergey teaching and preparing our oldest for a driving test, and hopefully she will get her Drivers Licence by this summer

Plus there are birthdays, doctor appointments, work, and a lot more going on....Our life is not boring!

***Recent trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium