Wise Words Wednesday: Destin Zen

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." - Rabindranath Tagore

I would like to introduce you to my brave little nephew, Destin Zen. Destin was born with a "little ear," or what we like to call his Shrek ear. His hearing was tested shortly after birth to see if it was just an external deformity, or if it might be more. Unfortunately, it was more. He can't hear out of his left ear. But, he does have a super cool hearing aid called the Baja Band (it looks like a headband with a little box attached to it) that he wears during the day to balance out his hearing. The vibrations will help his inner ear to develop so that when he is 5 or 6 years old, they will be able to repair his ear and hopefully his hearing.

Anyhow, last night we had the pleasure of Destin's company along with my bro and sis-in-law. They spent the night so that they could take Destin to have a CT scan early this morning at the hospital right by my house (currently they live over an hour away). Destin is about 6 months old and they've started to notice that the left side of his face may have some nerve damage, too. So he had a scan to determine if it is something that can be fixed (and prevented from getting worse), or not.

Please, please, please keep this little guy in your prayers! He is such a happy, enthusiastic, strong willed baby boy! We are so blessed to have him as part of our family. And I am personally hoping they will come stay with us more often because we had such a fun slumber party last night!