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Tiffani Patient Expert

Huntsville, Alabama
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Halloween was a crazy day ... by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It started like this with a little pumpkin carving at home: And ended like this in the waiting room of the critical care unit at the hospital: My dad has been in the hospital ... Read on »
Walt Disney World: I wanna go again by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Just a little taste of the fun we had at Walt Disney World. It was the best vacation ever! Read on »
"I'm late! I'm late," said White Rabbit by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Riley had a blast at Fantasy Playhouse's production of Alice in Wonderland. Below are photos of her with Alice and the Cheshire Cat. The Cat (Laura Price) was so awesomely cat ... Read on »
Hearing Anniversary: Cochlear Implant by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Six years ago today we saw our lives change with the help of amazing technology, amazing doctors and nurses, amazing audiologists, amazing therapists and amazing family and fr ... Read on »
Delivering the Diagnosis: Your Child Is Deaf by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness When children are diagnosed with hearing loss, parents feel grief, anger, anxiety and guilt. Audiologists can help them through these emotions by remembering this: You're abo ... Read on »
Soccer is a bust by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The Purple Panthers are 2-1-1 with two rainouts and one game left. Riley has scored two goals and played great defense. The seven-game schedule is disappointing; they skip two ... Read on »
Our homework helper by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Riley surprised me with this drawing on my home office white board (dry erase board) a couple of weeks ago. I must be doing something right because I'm the No. 1 Mom, and I lo ... Read on »
Cooperation by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness At left, Riley waking up before school one morning. Other than not having to work at my regular job, I'm really enjoying homework time with Riley. I have to time to really tea ... Read on »
It's starting again by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Awana/Church – Sunday Therapy – Monday Soccer – Tuesday/Friday practice, Saturday game Dance – acrobatics, jazz, ballet on Thursday School Whoa! T ... Read on »
Flashback: Baby's giggle box turns over! by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I finally got back to uploading some old video of Riley. She is about 6 months old here, and she has the most gorgeous laugh. It's so fun, if a bit bittersweet, to go back and ... Read on »
Higher and higher by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Saturday we went to a local water park with some friends, and Riley impressed me (OK, and scared me a little) with her courage. She jumped off the high dive. My knees were qui ... Read on »
When hearing is not so great ... by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I noticed Riley has been saying "Focus!" or something when she gets upset or frustrated. I couldn't figure out where she'd heard it, figured iCarly or Hannah Montana ... Read on »
Hot fun in the summertime by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Riley is enjoying summer so far. She better make the most of it because there's only a little over a month left. I really don't like that school starts back so early; I could ... Read on »
My heart by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Riley is spending the week with my parents, and I call every day to talk to her. I called this morning and my dad told me something she said that nearly broke his and my heart ... Read on »
She's Country (on occasion) by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Riley went to her first real indoor concert a couple of weeks ago (not counting The Wiggles): Dierks Bentley and Keith Urban. It was a great show but probably not the ideal si ... Read on »
Kiss the Girl by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Riley's dance showcase as part of the Heidi Knight School of Dance was last night. She did fantastic, and the production is first-class professional. It was incredible the num ... Read on »
Softball is over for the summer by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The Senators lost their first game of the tournament Tuesday night, ending the season, but not before playing hard and nearly coming back. It was a good season, and Riley (and ... Read on »
New resource for Alabama parents by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The fabulous Val of Cochlear Kids came up with the idea of a blog that contains stories from Alabama kids with hearing loss, and she asked me to help out. The result: Bama Ea ... Read on »
School's back in session ... yay for school! by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Our schools reopened today, but schools in the city where the confirmed H1N1 swine flu case is did not. However, our parks & rec department decided to keep the parks clos ... Read on »
Swine flu cancels school, softball by Tiffani Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness All the schools in our county are closed the rest of the week because of two probable cases of swine flu in an elementary school in a neighboring city. And to think Riley got ... Read on »