Olivia Jane, Melissa, and Mason need your prayers!

Friday was a bad, bad day for us. Melissa was told by the ENT doctor that, in his opinion, and by what he could or could not find that Olivia Jane has significant hearing loss. They have ran many hearing tests and have found that Olivia does not respond to any sound waves. The audiologist (hearing doctor) will see her on February 2, and after that a MRI will be performed to see if it is her cochlea or from her stage 3 brain bleeds. The cochlea is the auditory portion of the inner ear, and is the sensory organ of hearing. If it is the cochlea, Olivia Jane will be a possible candidate for the cochlear implant. The cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who has severely hard of hearing or deafness. Please pray that this is the outcome for Olivia Jane!

Please pray for my sister and Mason too. Melissa is so depressed and just heartbroken. Our biggest heartache out of this is that if Olivia Jane can not hear, she will never hear her mother's voice say "I love you", or Savannah sing to her. She will never hear a bird chirp or her mother running her bath water....everything that we take for granted everyday! I know that this sounds so pessimistic, but when the doctor looks at you and tells you that your daughter may never hear; you are going to think of these things.

All we have is prayer...hope...faith...and trust in God that He will bless Olivia Jane with the gift of sound. Bless her, she has been through more than what some people go through in a lifetime. Please don't give up on Olivia, please pray for her and her precious hearing. God, I praise you for your blessings that you have given my family! I love you and I pray that you will protect Olivia Jane, for only you know her destiny. Olivia Jane, I love you so much precious angel! God has His arms around you; He will protect you!

~Aunt Jessie