Update On Hearing Aids

Well first I am a little behind on posting, so sorry about that! It's been a busy last few months and I just realized I had not updated. So I'll try to catch everyone up to speed about what's been going on.

Hubby decided to ask FIL to help us out on the money situation though I really really did not want to and his first response was no. I am not sure what the problem is or was but anyways then later on he calls him and asks him exactly what kind of help. Essentially all we wanted was a loan that we would pay. We tried for financing ourselves at 2 different banks and got turned down for both.

FIL says ok I'll see what I can do this is a little before Christmas time which he was coming down anyways so I figured he could go to the bank here and get it done no problem. Well apparently he couldn't fit running to the bank and dong the forms real quick while he was here. Sigh.. so it wasn't until after Christmas that he got it done.

We had to wait about 2 weeks or more because it was nearly the end of Januaray before everything got done and he got approval and sent us the money. So finally we got the check deposited in our account and I called up the office to set an appointment.

They didn't call back so the following week I called again and lo and behold they were out of the BTE pieces for my hearing aids. ARGGHH!! I was soo frustrated to say the least. They said it'll be another few days atleast but hopefully no more than 2. This was around Jan 22nd I believe. Well on the 23rd they called me back and said the pieces had come in! So they were like can you come in today at 3? Unfortunately that time wouldn't work since I had to pick up Jess from school etc so I set the appointment for the next day.

Off I go at 11:30 to get my new Bionic Ears as I like to call them and wow what a huge difference. Everything is super amplified and has defintely taking some time to get used to but to hear my kids again without asking them to repeat themselves 100 times has been great.

I just can't tell you what a huge change this is from what I was, well ok what I wasn't hearing lol ha to what I hear now. Still in an adjustment stage and think I will be for a bit but learning as I go.

Things I couldn't hear before H/A:
Cars going down the rd if I was in my car, house etc
Birds outside my back sliding glass door
My kids talking in the other room
The dishwasher (sounded very muffled)
The dryer buzzerJust a few things off hand.

Things I can hear now:
Cars, trucks everything even when in car/inside.
Birds (freaked me out the first time I heard this LOL)
My kids OH my my, my kids are LOUD!!!! esp when they are fighting.
The dishwasher ( can no longer run while I have h/a in, it's wayyyyyy to loud)
Dryer!

Before I got pg with Hailey I would complain how loud the tv was if it got above the volume 30. Well when my hearing got bad I would often have to turn it up to 45 or more if there was other noise. Now with the h/a I can hear it at 20 or even 10 LOL umm yah that's pretty huge difference!!!

Day 2 of Financing

Well finally hubby got in touch with his dad last night to see if he had gotten the emails in regards to calling us. Nope they had been out of town and just got it that day but hadn't had a chance to call etc. His answer was that he'll have to look at some stuff and see what he can do and he would get back to us today.

Last night I got an email from a friend saying I should check into a loan from a credit card because they tend to be unsecured and no collateral needed. So I start searching and think of Capital One since we already have 2 cards with them. I checked their site out and they do issue personal loans. So after hubby got home we looked at it and decided to apply and go for more so we can consolidate our bills down to 1 payment. That'll look good on our credit and the payments will be lower too. So after we finally apply it says oh it'll be 5 to 7 days. Just great, I was hoping for sooner so I could get my hearing aids, but noooooooooo we have to wait and see. This just sucks, the Hearing Center called this morning wanting to make an appointment this week since the doctor will be out all next week. Umm sorry unless you are gonna give them to me with no money down and know I'll pay ya soon no point.

So now it'll be after Christmas and heck possibly New Years before I get the hearing aids. That really frustrates me because all I wanted was to hear by Christmas. I am more mad at my hubby cause he's like let me ask my dad first before we apply for loans etc.. umm ok but it was over a week and half ago and just heard back. We could have applied for a loan the day I knew how much and possibly already had the money! ARGGHHHH that really irritates me.

The journey continues.