I Couldn't Hear and Now I Can....
Hi, my name is Luis,
I was born in Comayagua, Honduras in 2000. I was born totally deaf. Honduras has no special education programs for children with disabilities. I couldn't go to school My mother taught me sign language to use at home.
The loving people from LIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES discovered me and realized that I needed help. Some very loving and caring nurses from LOTWC, Jeanne Teter, Linda Mendelson and others, worked diligently to bring me to Florida for surgery.
They convinced MEDTRONICS to donate a Cochlear implant, a generous and dedicated surgeon volunteered his skills to perform the procedure, Arnold Stocker, CRNA, volunteered to do my anesthesia and the hospital in Miami offered the use of their operating room to help me.
I stayed in Florida for six months while I had speech therapy, in Spanish! Jeanne Teter and Linda Mendelson welcomed me into their homes while I visited your wonderful country. After six months of speech therapy and experiencing the love of such wonderful people, I returned home to Honduras to join my mother and sister.
I'm now in school. I'm the oldest in my class because I started school so late. I'm doing really good and will soon be with my peers in the correct school year.
When I visited the LIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES group in 2011 I read from my school book and answered their questions. We had conversations. It was interesting seeing these grown-ups cry. I didn't understand it.
I'm my picture, I'm listening to an iPad. I played the drums and the guitar on Garage Band and listened to music. It was so COOL!
