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Jewel

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I'm seeing online where some people got a stuffed animal (elephant) courtesy of MedEl when they had surgery. Did any of  you guys get one? 

I understand they named it Mellie. It's cute. 

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Mellie is very cute and magnetic.  She has an internal magnet too, just like us.  I’m not sure if she has two.  Smile.

 

In the US, I have seen Mellie in pediatric activation kits.

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I figure I'm probably a tad too old for the pediatric kit.

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Well I guess I'm a kid at heart. Apparently some adults abroad have gotten Mellie. Oh well. 

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@Jewel - I didn't say I didn't LIKE Mellie and would like to have one.  But at 60 I can no longer hide the fact that I'm no longer able to qualify as a pediatric patient.

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This thread made ma laugh lol. Some times we don't stop being kids do we?

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@Jewelwe are definitely kindred hearts. Lol. I begged my Audi for one before surgery and she said "we will see" . They ate usually reserved for the kiddos but I'm going to ask again. Mellie is so cute!?. She had all 3 stiffed animals from the 3 CI providers. I would have gladly adopted any of them?

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@sassychele02

I didn't know about Mellie until close to my surgery date. I thought I would have woken up to a Mellie in the recovery room although I didn't ask for one. I thought everyone got one. I was very disappointed not to get one. 

My Med-El rep advised me this week that Mellie is only in the paediatric kit so I can't get one. But I see adults who have posted elsewhere that they got one. It's unfair; we should have been given the option. So it is a bit of a downer. 

Anyway lmk if you are successful in getting one. 

 

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@Jewel - oh, that's the US webshop.  Isn't there one that you can access?

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@Jewel - I can't get on the webshop from work, I don't remember my password.  But I'll go on there tonight and take a screen shot, it's just a retainer clip (like a tether, one end is a band that goes around the processor, the other end is a spring-loaded clip you can put on your collar.  The clip for the collar has a picture of Mellie on it.

It's not as cute as a stuffed elephant but if you like it I can order it for you.

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Thanks @Mary Featherston

You're right, the stuffed one is prettier. 

I'm hoping that I will soon get access to the webshop. I still haven't heard from the Argentina office, probably because they speak Spanish and I speak English! I don't know how MedEl could put Jamaica as part of Latin America. 

For all the trouble Med-El has put me through methinks I deserve a stuffed Mellie ?

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