His legs were very sensitive to touch after the casts came off, but on Thursday he was obviously fine and he was kicking and kicking all day long - it was so much fun to watch, and sad at the same time because he hasn't been able to do that and won't again for a while. I sure enjoyed giving him a real bath that night, I've been giving him sponge baths since he was born which is harder and not as much fun. He also had his two month check up that day - he was 15 lbs. 8 oz. (off the chart, meaning over 100 percentile if that is possible) and 24" tall (90th percentile). I did not have him vaccinated due to the fact he was going in for surgery the next day. He is a healthy and happy big boy.
Friday September 26th we went in for his surgery. He did SO well! Thank you to everybody that was praying for him because I'm sure that is what helped. Despite the fact that hadn't nursed since 4 am (his surgery was at 8:30 am) he was so calm! He was either sleeping or just chillin' out all mellow and cool. I expected a hungry baby in a new (and smelly) place to freak out, but thankfully he didn't. The surgery went well and was done quickly. He had a hard time coming out of anesthesia so they brought me in to him to see if he would nurse and calm down, he didn't so they gave him more fentanol (the painkiller he was on) and he conked out. He was so doped up he wouldn't wake up to nurse and we weren't able to leave until he had, we finally got released and left the hospital around noon. After the surgery and for the remainder of the day when he was awake he would scream and cry, but thanks to the drugs he was on he slept almost the entire day and most of the night also. I expected Saturday to be a hard day and it wasn't, again he was so mellow and more even tempered than usual. I am just so thankful and thrilled that he did so well and that this part of his treatment is over.
He is in his last set of casts right now and will get them off on October 22nd (I'm so excited). He has been fitted for the special shoes/braces he will wear for the next year or so and will start wearing them for 18-20 hours a day from the time his casts come off. So even though his feet will be fixed and unmovable at least he will be able to bend his knees. He won't be able to kick his legs separately, but I've heard that they are quick to learn how to kick both legs together at the same time.
He is 10 weeks old now and doing great, he is sleeping almost through the night for about 6 hours straight. But he only wakes up once or twice to nurse. That is a HUGE improvement over how Jacob was. He is a joy and a blessing to me and I am so very happy to have him as my son. He is getting blessed this Sunday and I am really looking forward to that. We will have Brent's parents here and my brother John and his family. I will be sure to posts some pictures.
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I am so glad to hear that he is doing well. He sure looks happy in the pictures.
Hi Eliza it sounds like things are going well. I just talked to Mom on the phone and she said they enjoyed their visit. Sorry we could not be there. Give Daniel a big hug for me.
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