Nods to Soz re dominion bagging.
((((((((((Sozobe)))))))))((((((((((Sozlet))))))))))))
OK, good, I can go back to liking this latest doctor.
I wrote to the same liaison person I'd contacted in the first go-round of "that's IT??". She was very helpful, but the process was slow and getting info from the doctor was like pulling teeth. The liaison finally stopped trying and gave her own general impressions.
I expected to hear back from her today, and instead there is an email from the doctor himself. VERY good and informative.
I started to summarize but I kept going back to see his wording, so I'll go ahead and copy and paste the most pertinent parts:
Quote:The reason that [sozlet] still has some conductive hearing loss is that her middle ear is not being ventilated normally thus she still has some fluid in the left ear and the middle ear pressure on the right is not normal. Although it may seem that the fluid should cause more hearing loss than negative pressure, they can both cause hearing loss so that is not anything that I would be concerned about.
Quote:If you were really upset and want to try to get that last hearing back to normal as soon as possible, we can proceed with placing ear tubes. However, I would not recommend it since the only reason to put tubes is to see if we can get the hearing improved so that she can function better but she is already functioning fine so we may not give her any improvement by placing the tubes - surgery without tangible benefit is something that I generally do not recommend. This is especially the case where she is improving and we expect that the body will take care of it given time.
<exhale>
I still wish he would have told me this stuff when I was
there, but I'm very happy to get the info, and especially happy with his philosophy as displayed in the second quote.
Hip Hip Hooray for the doctor!
Yeah, I liked that second quote, too. No sense in doing something just to be doing something.
Good. Balm for her ears--and balm for your ears.
DrewDad's great stories are reminding me I'm lagging.
Minor one for now -- I started singing a reggae song ("You put the lime in the coconut" -- not sure where I got it) and I can't remember anything beyond the first line. She liked the first line, though, and asked me to sing it again. And again. I got a bit tired of it, and so she threatened me with her lollipop -- if I didn't sing it again, she'd put the icky sticky lollipop on my arm.
So for the last several minutes it's been "You put the liiiime in the coconut" and dancing, pause, lollipop, "You put the liiime in the coconut..."
I'm gonna go find her some real reggae, not sure if she's heard much, bet she'll like it.
sozobe wrote:I started singing a reggae song ("You put the lime in the coconut" -- not sure where I got it) and I can't remember anything beyond the first line. She liked the first line, though, and asked me to sing it again. And again. I got a bit tired of it, and so she threatened me with her lollipop -- if I didn't sing it again, she'd put the icky sticky lollipop on my arm.
The Muppet Show? If so, this link
has the original soundrack for Sozlet. You won't be able to use your computer anymore, but you'll be lollipop-safe.
Sozobe wrote:I'm gonna go find her some real reggae, not sure if she's heard much, bet she'll like it.
It's never too early for teaching her to get up, stand up, stand up for her rights ....
Coconut -- Harry Nilsson
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime.
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up,
And said, "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?" "
Now let me get this straight ",
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
Put the lime in the coconut, you called your doctor, woke him up,
And say, 'Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
I say, Doctor, doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, dooooctor, to relieve this belly ache?'
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better,
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
Wouh wouh wouh wouh wouh
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime.
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up,
She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up,
Say "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say Doctor! let me get this straight".
You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
Put the lime in the coconut, you such a silly woman!,
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better.
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both down
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
Woo Woo, ain't there nothin' you can take, I say
Woo Woo, to relieve my belly ache,
You say woo woo ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Woo woo, to relieve your belly ache,
You say yah yah, ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Waah waah, to relieve this belly ache,
I say doctor!, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say doctor!, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say doctor!, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say Doctor!, you such a silly woman!,
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better,
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the moooooorning,
Yes, you call me in the morning,
If you call me in the morning,
If you call me in the morning,
If you call me in the morning,
If you call me in the morning,
If you call me in the morning.
Soz, I don't stop by nearly enough. So glad to hear Sozlet is doing well. Her art is stunning and her sense of style is, well, so much better than yours. :wink:
Thanks, Thomas! She just played it about a zillion times.
Thanks for the lyrics, Set -- it would have been more accurate for me to say I don't remember the tune beyond the first line, and even then I don't know if I made up what bit of the tune is in my brain. (That happens more and more, a tune comes to mind but I dont know if it's remembered or created. I wish I could remember how to write music, as some of the created ones are catchy! Roll over Beethoven...)
sozobe wrote: I wish I could remember how to write music, as some of the created ones are catchy! Roll over Beethoven...)
Well, you're no deafer than he was when he wrote and conducted the Ninth, so you have no excuse.
Obviously I have no idea what I'm talking about, but perhaps you might start by reading the music of melodies you're quite sure of: Mother Goose, violin pieces you once practiced, something like that. The connection between the music on paper and the music in your mind might just come back. Could be worth a try, depending on the frustration you expect in the event that it shouldn't come back.
Thomas, as usual, you are a genius. Soz, why not give it a try?
Hmm, lime in the coconut, I thought that was belafonte..
but it was long ago I heard him.
Reads the recent posts, thinks how lucky he is to know of these people and to be aware of their thoughts and thinks for perhaps the thousandth time that he owes Craven a hug and a thank you for making it possible...
Hi Soz,
I have the Putumayo (International Music) Jamaica: Reggae Homeland cd and I like it very much. You're probably already familiar with Putomayo but here's their home site:
http://www.putumayo.com/
I think I do remember, thanks!
I've tried the re-creation thing (looking at tunes I know), it works semi-OK but I haven't been able to fine-tune it enough. If I have time, sometime...
This is not a particular story, just general observations:
Sozlet has always been incorrigibly social, from day one, but I still worried a bit when we moved about getting involved with the community here, meeting people. When we first moved she had a slight aura of desperation that made kids wary of her. She was missing her old friends too much, was just on edge because of the whole moving thing.
Then preschool started and she quickly settled in there, the social butterfly of the class, with one best friend but one of the few kids that played with everyone. (Especially, the boys and the girls tend to self-segregate, she moves between both groups.) She made a best friend, and generally settled down a lot.
Then it was winter, and she mostly saw just preschool kids.
Since it started to get warm, it's been so fun to watch her. She makes friends wherever she goes. It is now a regular occurrence that we show up someplace and at least one kid runs up shouting her name. To the point that she can't always remember who this kid is who is so happy to see her. Every time E.G. goes out with her, he tells a story of running into some kids and parents and sozlet and the kid shouting each others' names and hugging while the parents say, "Uh, hi. I guess our kids know each other?" :-)
I've met a bunch more parents this way, exchanged email addresses, etc. She'll just go up to anyone and start talking and expect that they'll be happy to talk to her -- and the thing is, they usually are. This goes for kids and adults, too. She does this all on her own, and usually strikes out away from me to do it, so I don't usually know her opening gambit (back to me.) My mom was here recently and went for a walk with her and was commenting on this same thing (total friendliness and the return friendliness it gets) and one story was that some guy was gardening as they walked past and she yelled hello and then told him, "My grandma gave me this hat!" He was like, well isn't that nice, it's a beautiful hat, etc.
So two things there, one that I'm so thrilled with this community -- nice nice nice people -- and so fun to see her become a part of it, and the way that she does it. Yesterday, it was that we were waiting in line for the shower after going to the pool -- three older girls were taking forever and two younger girls + sozlet were waiting. I told the older girls to hurry it up (that's another thing I love, expectation that every adult has a responsibility to BE the adult to any kid in the vicinity), the younger girls were grateful, the older girls left, the younger girls went in and sozlet joined them and THEY took forever, having a ton of fun.
Then finally it was time to go, the girls went straight out while I dried off sozlet and changed her out of her swimsuit (shower was with swimsuits on), then went out to the parking lot and the girls were about to drive off, and they waved and grinned and waved and sozlet waved back and I just know that next time we see them they'll run up and say "sozlet...!"
Of course we all know the underlying crump, that she runs up to Ogre in the same mode. I suspect though that with your tuning, she will grow some antennae for things-not-right.
How you deal with that, I dunno.
Years ago when my sons were toddlers, the First Mr. Noddy worked nights and slept during the day. The boys and I spent a great deal of time in the park.
One medium-nasty day when rain threatening and the park was nearly deserted I noticed a man about 30 years old sitting on a park bench watching my kids in the sandbox.
My older son--about three--wandered up that way and then wandered back to me. "Mother, " he announced. "You should tell that man to zip his fly because his penis will get very cold."
We left the park.
