Chance and the family reunion

We attended a family Reunion yesterday. Chance met many relatives that he does not remember meeting before. He made some new friends too.

So much work goes into planning an event like this and Chance's aunts had done a good job. However, there were a few glitches in the beginning just to shake things up. About a half an hour into the event, a storm moved in and blew down all of the pictures and ripped the paper off the tables where everyone was planning to picnic. It rained pretty heavy for a bit, but just as it looked like an outside reunion was doomed, the rain stopped and the skies cleared.

Then, during the magic show, while all the kids sat mesmerized on the grass, the sprinklers suddenly went on, adding to the puddles already created by the rain. The pavilion where we gathered now had puddles of water all along the perimeters. Not too much of a bother, except a few of the kids running around slipped and fell when they encountered the water. Chance was one of these kids. He went dashing through the pavilion and plopped right onto his hiney. Both implants promptly fell right smack into a puddle. There was a collective gasp as all of the relatives in the vicinity contemplated what this could mean. Several hands reached out to help Chance up and someone plucked the implants out of the water holding them out while they eyed them worriedly. Chance's dad and I were over by a tree lining up for a picture but I had seen the event and came over to make sure that Chance was ok. After ascertaining that Chance was alright, the next thing everyone wanted to know was if the implants were ruined. Someone was saying, "Get something to wipe the water off!"

Once again, we are SO GRATEFUL that his implants are not that delicate around water! They survived the submersion just fine. Chance was embarrassed at having fallen in front of everyone, but other than that, no damage was done.

So, several relatives are now breathing easier with us knowing that the implants survived. And Chance was able to talk to and get to know more of his relatives because of his implants. Many of Chance's relatives were impressed with how well Chance could hear and commented on how great it was to see that he was doing so well. It was a good day.