Swampy Mud

I have decided that the implant smells better when it is not caked with swampy mud. I found this out today when Chance came in from playing in a field near our house. He was quite wet and upset. He had been playing with some of the neighborhood boys and the boys had been throwing big rocks into the ditch in the field which had water in it. Chance was very concerned about his implant and wanted me to call the parents of the boys right away. At first, I wasn't concerned because his head was not nearly as wet as the rest of his body. Upon further imspection, I found the implant had mud caked in several places. I ended up taking a paper towel and tried to get the muck off, but the "wheel" of the implant that attaches to the magnet in Chance's head has little grooves that proved difficult to fully clean. I got the mud out, and the swampy smell is going away now. Most little boys do not have to worry about $85,000 dollar devices attached to their friends head. This proved to be tricky with hearing aids too at first. Little kids don't think about shooting a water gun at someone's head during a water gun fight or splashing water all over another child. It is funny and you get a nice reaction. So.... I am thinking that we might pull the neighborhood kids in for a little inservice on the implant and how it can not get wet. The kids in the neighborhood eventually learned not to shoot water at Chance's head when he had hearing aids. We'll just remind them of that rule with the implant:) Maybe we can serve munchies and make it a social occasion.