Corgan's First Birthday!

Corgan's time of birth was 05h23. When he woke up this morning and I checked the time it was 05h22! Weirdo :) My husband is spending the day with Corgan and I :) We went to visit my gynae, Dr Nagel. He was happy to see Corgan. Then we went to Parklands Hospital NICU to say hello and show off our one year old baby :) Going to Parklands is always an adventure - a lengthy one...so many people to say hello to...car guards, security, reception staff, cafe staff, pharmacy staff, more security, NICU, labour ward, maternity ward, management...phew...exhausting just typing all of them...after that we went to visit Dr Egner at St Augustine's...his staff told us Dr Egner had asked recently when Corgan's next appointment is :) it was nice to visit him "non-doctor/patient"...he seemed to enjoy the visit too :) In the evening I helped Corgan open his presents - not that he needed much help :) he was quite happy to rip up the paper :) we all had a nice day together :)

Cochlear Implants....

Corgan had another appointment with the audiologists today...he was tested in the booth wearing his hearing aids...he seems quite stiff when he is wearing them...afterwards the audiologists explained that they feel Corgan is not responding as well as they had hoped with the hearing aids and that he may be a candidate for Cochlear Implants...when we got home we did some reading online about the implants and we also found an audio sample...we don't want to do it...

Party Time!

We had Corgan's first birthday party today! He really loved it. He was so excited! He loved all the attention! He also loved playing with the balloons :) He chewed and sucked on a chomp for the first time...he also sucked on a marshmellow cone...we gave him a cupcake to mush up...what a mess :) All the other kiddies had so much fun playing with each other, going down the slide and swimming! We are so grateful for all our special friends and family! Thank you so much to all of you that celebrated Corgan's special day with us xxx

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We had an appointment with the audiologists today. Corgan was tested in the booth again. This time his dad went in with him and I watched from outside the window. He was in a happy mood. He seemed to respond better this week. Lauren even managed to get him to turn his head to look at the screens. New impressions were taken because we need new moulds for the hearing aids because his ears have grown :) :) After that Kara did a development assessment. We were asked questions about how he plays, sounds he makes, different behaviours etc and this is how he was rated: 

Cognition/Play : 6 to 9 months

Social Interaction : 9 to 12 months

Listening : 6 to 9 months

Emerging Meaning : 3 to 6 months

Vocal Expression : 3 to 6 months

(Corgan's "corrected age" is considered as about 7 and a half months even though his real age is nearly 12 months)

We were given a few things to start this week - trying to get Corgan to respond to his name, react to music and imitate pitches

Big Top Rock for Corgan!! 4 January 2012!!

Another fund raiser at The Barnyard for Corgan Layden will!!! For bookings contact Sharon on 0735043517 or email: sharonannblanche@gmail.com

Date of Fundraiser - 04 January 2012
Tickets are R135.00

PLEASE NOTE: You must book through Sharon in order to support the fund raiser - tickets bought directly from The Barnyard do not count towards Corgan's Fundraiser.

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The Barnyard Theatre at Gateway is going big in order to celebrate its tenth birthday as it prepares to stage Big Top Rock from 18 October to 8 January 2012. This show is bound to have audiences spellbound, as this sequel to Rock Circus takes the show’s concept to new heights.

Big Top Rock is the ultimate rock ’n roll circus, and the show includes music, aerial acts, jugglers and a circus atmosphere that will rock you like no other. After the success of Rock Circus, Big Top Rock continues to mesmerize its audiences in an action-packed show featuring an extended stage.

Hosting the show as ringmaster is the talented rock singer extraordinaire Kyle Matthews who is joined by Nadine Sisam and Petto Bock on vocals, backed up by a rocking five-piece band! The four-piece international aerial act Sircusynergy fronted by Orlando and Natalie Vargas (who blew audiences away in Rock Circus) add the icing to the cake. Sircusynergy perform a variety of acts that include the running wall, pole acrobatics, juggling, flying rope, lyra and strap acts which are all performed to the beat of the rocking live band and singers. Six decades of music is featured from icons like Prince, Lenny Kravitz and Pink, to rock bands like ACDC, U2, Journey, Santana and

many more.

Big Top Rock is the biggest, most entertaining and most daring show ever produced by The Barnyard Theatres, so let us entertain you!

Tickets are R135 per person from Wednesday to Saturday For

bookings and enquiries, phone Sharon on 0735043517 or email sharonannblanche@gmail.com

For more info on Corgan read his blog - http://corganlayden.blogspot.com/

or visit his Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Corgan-Layden/279928272034092?sk=info

The Final Countdown is over...

Thank you so much to everybody that come and supported us last night!! We really appreciate each and everyone of you! We had a good time and we look forward to the next time as well!! A very special thank you to my mom Sharon for arranging the whole event! We are so grateful! xxx

5.4kg

We went to the audiologists this morning. They tested Corgan in the booth again and I think he responded well :) we also took Corgan to get weighed and he is now 5.4kg!!

Raffle Fundraiser for Corgan - run and sponsored by Yvonne Hegter

For only R5 stand a chance to win a toy doll's cot with linen and help Corgan who was born 3 months premature on 27 October 2010, weighing only 520g. He recently had an ABR test and they concluded that he has profound hearing loss in both ears and will need hearing aids at a cost of around R60 000.   Draw will take place on 30 November 2011. Winner will be notified via telephone or e-mail on 1 December 2011.

To buy a ticket you can contact:

Sharon Blanche 0735043517 or sharonannblanche@gmail.com

To read the full story visit his blog - http://corganlayden.blogspot.com/ - make sure you start at the beginning (27 October 2010)

or become his friend here on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002186364324

Or "Like" his page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Corgan-Layden/279928272034092?sk=wall

Thank you for your support!!!