All about Drew.

I realize this blog has been Kat-heavy. Kat is kind of larger than life. She demands, she commands. Kat is just...Kat.

Now Drew, on the other hand, Drew is more of a sleeper. He's mellow and quiet and deep. He doesn't ask for much. He wants his toy cars, a quiet place to play, and sugar to eat. It's easy to focus all of my "worry" attention on Kat and to just quietly enjoy Drew without talking about it too much. Drew is a great kid. He's funny and silly and shy and loving. There is no one like him in this whole world.

When Drew was born he was diagnosed with complete hearing loss in his left ear. We took him to an ENT about a month after his first hearing test in the hospital to have a more extensive test done. I was certain CERTAIN the ENT was going to say that Drew had fluid in his ear at birth and he was fine now. Nope, he was definitely deaf in his left ear. The first ENT we went to was lacking in bedside manner. He told us the news of Drew's hearing with one foot out the exam room door and a hand on his cell phone. We had questions but we needed a minute to form them. We ended up following him down the hall trying to ask. The ENT simply told us to return in 6 months.

I wasn't happy with that so I called over to the University hospital in the next town and found an AuD to test Drew. The AuD was incredible. He was kind and cooperative. He answered questions we didn't know that we had. He led to us our current ENT, a fact for which we will be forever grateful for. Our current ENT was the first person who said that Drew's hearing loss might be a byproduct of Cytomegalovirus. Three doctors later Drew was diagnosed with CMV. The neurologist who saw us after the diagnosis told us not to expect Drew to walk or talk. At this point Drew was 9 months old and I had a pretty good handle on him. I kept saying that I think he is going to be fine. I think he is going to be fine. I was told that I was in denial and that I was going to have to accept that Drew would never be typical.

Well, he isn't typical. That's for sure.

Drew is a bright little boy. He's obsessed with numbers and is starting to read. He has an imaginary friend named Tianna who drives a red car and goes way too fast and is always getting into scrapes that involve tow trucks. Tianna is 5 and a half and has a sister named Toya.

Drew goes to preschool and loves it. We opted to send him to public school preschool for two days a week instead of 5 day a week Montessori like we did for Kat at the same age because Drew is a homebody. He's thriving in his little school, making friends and having lots of fun.

Drew is easy to love.