I sat alone in the family waiting room while our son was in the operating room and I cried. I tried to hold it in, I didn’t want the other families there to see me break down. I texted my husband, I was afraid to call because I knew my voice would break and the tears would fall. I didn’t expect this. The audiologist showed me her results of the ABR (auditory brainstem response) with a look of concern and empathy. His hearing loss nearly doubled and is now considered “severe” in many of the tones. She told me that during the test she called our son’s audiologist to let her…