Friday, July 1, 2016

"Got a call from his school..."

I was at work, when Ansu called me. She said Josiah was not feeling well and someone needs to pick him from the school. This was the first time ever this happened to him.

I rushed to the school and saw that he was lying down on a desk. But in a few minutes he woke up. He came to me with his happy sweet smile, and we returned home as usual. Teachers said he threw up once and was lying down all day saying 'sick' pointing to his forehead.

He was fine later that day, but we noticed that he was not turning his head, and trying to keep it only in one direction, while struggling to focus on things.

The LORD said to him, "Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the LORD? - Exodus 4:11

Jumping, running, rolling...

"Sending him to a gym can probably better his body balance..", we heard this from his teachers, and thought of taking him to a kids gym in Millbrae, CA.
Josiah had profound hearing loss, which we identified when he was 6 months old. We did cochlear implant for him on both ears, and he was benefitting from it very much. He cannot say a lot of words or sentences, but had started saying words and communicating meaningfully from the last one year! He could hear everything clearly, thanks to technology! He was a cheerful, active boy, and a loving big brother, to a 7 days old boy.
His body balance had been a concern for the past one year, and we did many tests to find the root cause. Everyone including doctors 'assumed' it to be due to his cochlear implant.
He enjoyed every activity in the gym, we thought of registering him at the gym for this whole year.

"I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" - Jeremiah 32:27