Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Abbie Needs Help...to Pay it Forward


Ok. We all know that Seek Geo sleeps with a copy of Abbie's magazine cover under his pillow and that she has a thing for anal rice. We know that she is a trash-picker and a leaf-raker and oftentimes confuses words like this: "When a man says bosom, it sounds like booze."
Abbie oozes charm:
I can’t believe that one year ago today, I underwent surgery to have a cochlear implant inserted just underneath the skin of my head. Ever since that day, my life has changed in ways that I never thought. I feel so enriched by the people I have met, the sounds I have heard and the experience of discovering what I have been missing all of these years.

Abbie's take-no-shit attitude can make an anxious man fearless:

David, a newly late-deafened adult over at Five String Guitar wrote this post that truly made my day.
Nine days from surgery. I am optimistic of course, as always. Failure of any sort, is not even considered an option, as is any medical mishaps.As my cochlear buddy Abbie told me back in April, on the eve of my first surgical implant when I blogged about my worries after the surgeon outlined the circumstances that can happen (paralysis, taste disorder and death)
" Not on my watch, Sir".

Abbie typed in my comments in response to my fear of the worst case.That made me feel good. I believed her then and do now. I have good people in my life with positive thoughts, wonderful advice, and amazing spirit. I like it.Little things mean a lot? No sir, little things mean EVERYTHING. I have never forgotten those words that Abbie typed in my comments, because they took away a fear, and brought a calmness and determination in me that still serves me as I get ready for my third surgery in six months.



Abbie's Plea:



A person coming from my background – knowing nothing else but living with a hearing loss feels the need to branch out and see how others cope. I had a lifetime of adjusting my eyes to associate the lip formation with words with what auditory input I had. The reason why I would like to go to the ALDAcon is because I want to educate myself on the needs and how I can contribute to empowering those that began their struggle with communication later on in life. It is no surprise to many that I have mentored several people regarding cochlear implant and most of them are late deafened. This is the one group that leaves that just tugs at my heart because I see their struggles written across their face trying to figure out how to make sense of this new dimension of life with a hearing loss.



Progress Made Thanks to the Blogosphere:

Halfway mark reached for ALDA Convention!
I am SO stoked! As you know, I am trying to raise a $1,000 dollars in ten days to attend the Association of the Late-Deafened Convention in Chicago from October 29th to November 2nd because I want to learn and educate myself on the different needs of those that are late-deafened. This past Saturday, I posted a blog asking for help and many thanks to your support, you have helped me achieve over 50% of my goal. I am literally overwhelmed and so honored to have so many of you sponsor me! Thank you is not enough for all of you who pulled through and made a donation in these tough economic times to give me a chance to experience this.



PLEASE HELP ABBIE REACH HER GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Visit her blog here to see how.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe if Abbie didn't blow her money buying ice coffees, she could pay her own way instead of begging for others to pay for her.

Anonymous said...

If she's working and is planning to attend HLAA con next summer, why would she be asking others to help her with expeneses to ALDA con?

I'm glad she's going but wish I could go but I'm unemployed as of now.

Anonymous said...

Abbie can always ask AGB for money. They got some... Beg AGB to see if they willing to give some, I dont think so. :-) Like another said, blow her money buying ice coffees. I agree!

Abbie said...

Oh! I just love the positivity of these comments! And every single one of you miss the entire point of WHY I want to go but yet the only thing you can nitpick on is a month and half old ice coffee that I brought.

There is NOTHING stopping any of you from asking people to have faith in you and help your broaden your horizons. I find myself a very lucky person that plenty of people that have taken the time to get to know me see the real reason why I want to go and its not for the coffee either...

Unknown said...

Personally, I can't live without my daily coffee x four, so I see absolutely nothing wrong with Abbie drinking one. Actually, it's quite economical, because I'm sure the refills are free *smile*

Abbie said...

Me either, I'm dead in the water without it :) Thank you for making a post about it! I'm gonna share this on my update blog today :)

You are da bomb! :)

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