Jackson's Implant is on!

It has been awhile since I've made a post and everyone is bugging me to make a new post about Jackson's implant. We had the implant activated on July 9th. It was a two hour appointment in which they programed the implant to the appropriate setting for him and gave me instructions on how to use everything. It was so interesting. Jackson is a difficult case because his nerve didn't look very good on the scans he had done previously. So of course during the programming we tested the nerve and did not find a response. Generally, in a normal case there would be some nerve response. My audiologist thinks it will take a good amount of time before we see a good response. She is hoping after he has worn the implant for awhile the stimulation to the nerve from the implant will provoke a response. So the good news is after he had worn the implant for a week we went in again for more programming and tested the nerve again and we got a slight response. It wasn't much, but it is a good start! Other than that I really haven't noticed much difference in his behavior. There has been 3 times I can think of that I thought he may have heard something. But it is so hard to tell and it is still so early in the process. But overall, Jackson is doing well. It is a bit of a pain keeping the implant on. It is connected by a magnet. When he plays it falls off quite a bit. He likes to pull it off and put it in his mouth. Caden and Halle find it interesting sometimes too. They pull it off! It is such a hassle. When the implant falls off it will beep until it is put back on again. Hopefully with time that part will get a little easier. Here are some pictures.

Here is the implant outer piece. You can see the scar by his ear where they made the incision for the surgery. The blue piece has a microphone in it and has a magnet inside that holds it to the implant under the skin so the sound can be transferred. The blue piece is interchangeable. So I change the colors to mach his outfits. I think it is pretty cute.

This is his battery pack and settings for his implant. He wears it on his pants like a pager.
This is Jackson's monkey that the implant company gave him when he was in surgery. I think it is pretty funny. It has an implant. Jackson loves it! He plays with it all the time.