Archive for February, 2009

15 Months Old!

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Little Drew is now 15 months! And boy have things changed around here. He’s quite the active little guy!!! He’s climbing on EVERYTHING, getting into all that he shouldn’t, running around and chasing his sister or running away from her too! He dumps things out and moves things. He’s just very BOY-ish. A handful, but at the same time- when his sister is not around he is known to sit and play nicely with his toys. (Just as his sister will sit and play games nicely- together they = trouble!)
Drew also will react to the word "NO" appropriately at times. Which is a new concept for mommy as ME got the stubborn streak. Though if Drew is really passionate about doing something, he does get upset of course.
He is growing at a consistent rate and doing well. He is now 23 lbs, 4 oz. and 29.5 inches tall. And he is FINALLY getting his 2 front teeth!!! He has a total of 3 teeth right now (two bottom, one top) but the 4th is starting to poke through.
The dr was pretty impressed with all that he is doing. He learns a lot from his big sister and is good at imitating her.
He loves to draw already and he eats decently well with a spoon or fork considering his age, he will even use her pretend-play toys accurately- like the doctor kit with the fake needle. He copies everything ME does. He also understands a lot of what we say… and he is doing well with his sounds and words. He says a ton of words, but of course he won’t repeat them for me in front of people- he says them when he wants to! He’ll always give you a nice "BYE!!!!" though and recently adds in a "muaaah" while blowing a kiss which is adorable!!!
He still is into music, LOVES music and is pretty good with his rythm. I’m thinking he’ll be like daddy in this department. It’s funny when he sees their toy guitars he brings it right to Andy for him to play. It’s cute!

All in all he’s a good baby and lots of fun. Best thing is- he’s a good sleeper, so we do get to relax after the fun and active days with him!!! Phew!

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Overdue Update

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Sorry everyone. Been a while since the surgery (10 days to be exact) and I meant to post an update sooner but life happened. To our surprise she did extremely well with recovery so we haven’t really been house-ridden or have had any downtime!

Soooo…. Surgery went well. They did a lot of injections to the right side of her face (cheek area etc) and to her chin. With the MRI they see a remarkable difference and wanted to try to get the right side to be more symmetrical (the right was always worse and where the malformation started). They injected the areas that they could. This time avoided the floor of her mouth – which I think helped in recooperation since eating and speech weren’t AS affected. (In the past her tongue would swell and she couldn’t eat or speak which made her miserable- this was not the case this time).

From the DAY OF SURGERY (Monday Feb 9th) she was in good spirits. First of all she was a very good girl about going in. Did whine a little and tell us she didn’t want to do it, but asked a lot of questions and we explained and she did not have any tantrums about  it. She was very brave. Then as she came out of surgery (4 hrs later)- she was very sleepy and slept most of the day. In the evening she was her witty little charming self- talking to us a bit and laughing. It was so good to see her smile THAT SOON after surgery.
She did have a bit of discomfort because this was the first time they used a foley catheter to collect her urine. And when it came out she was very upset. Also had a bit of discomfort the next time she went to the bathroom. After that though she was doing pretty good.

The worst of her swelling was on Tuesday and it was pretty swollen the first few days after that. Her right side was pretty far out and her bottom lip looked as if someone punched her pretty bad. That gave her some difficulty with liquids but not enough to bring her down of course. She was running about the house and making lots of messes just as she normally does. But the swelling started to come down quickly. As I speak, she is still swollen but it’s definitely not the worst we’ve seen and she seems very comfortable so I’m glad for that.

We are very thankful that she has been in good spirits and that the swelling hasn’t been too uncomfortable for her. We are praying and hoping for good results from this and are being patient as we know it takes time.

As always keep her in your prayers and we will be sure to keep you informed ;)

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Surgery Update and so forth..

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Her Surgery date has changed!!!!

Tuesday, February 10th was the original date for the sclerotherapy/injection surgery. It is now changed to Monday, February 9th.

The reason why they changed it is because they want an updated MRI and the only time they could get her in for the MRI in the hospital was on Monday. Instead of making us go to the city twice and put her under anesthesia 2 days in a row… they reorganized things to make it happen all in one day. Sooooo….. change your calendars and say your prayers.

In addition, pray that God will put a little bubble right around Mary Elizabeth. Mommy is sick with a head cold (and daddy a little too now). So far she seems fine. They said surgery will be good to go as long as she doesn’t get a fever or an abundance of green mucous/secretions. So we hope she can stay healthy until then… and of course we pray for a successful surgery with no complications and perhaps an easier time with recooperation than she’s had in the past.

We will of course, post an update as soon as we have more information.

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