Sunday, November 15, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Past due for an update....
With Wesley getting older and more playful, it's hard to leave him to update his site.... I'll try to do better moving forward. But as of tonight, Wesley is back in the hospital, therefore Mom has time to be online. He continues to have problems with his digestive system and gets an illeus about once a month. We were in the hospital the end of August and September with this problem. He started to have the same problem the end of October, but we were able to correct it at home. Unfortunately it started again yesterday, and he wasn't getting any better, so Dad took him to the hospital today.
With the exception of his stomach problems, he is actually doing really well. He is off the ventilator for 4 hours a day now (2 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon/evening). He is wearing his helmet for 23 hours a day to help round out the back of his head. It's amazing the improvement we've already seen. The last big update is from his ENT surgery. He was in the hospital on 10/12 to have the fluid drained from his ears and have his hearing tested. The doctor was anticipating having to put tubes in his ears. Once he was in for surgery, the doctor drained the fluid and determined that he did not need tubes after all. Just the beginning of the good news. The audiologist came and talked to me after that. Wesley passed his hearing test with no problems, everything was normal. It's always nice to hear good news!!!
Moving past the medical updates, let's get to the fun stuff!!! Wesley has 9 teeth now!!! He has his 4 top front teeth, 4 bottom front teeth, and a molar on the bottom left. That one was painful!!! And although he's not crawling or walking yet, he is able to sit without support and rolls around all over the place. He can push up during tummy time, and he'll move his legs around, he just hasn't figured out how to put it all together yet. But that's ok, it's all still relatively new to him. He loves his rattles, and still talks a lot, but no definite words yet. We have had the opportunity to take him out a few times, once to the pumpkin patch down the street from the house, and then again around the block on Halloween. He's not quite sure what to think about it, but it's a new experience. We attempted to take him to a fall festival, but he wanted nothing to do with the sounds and smells, so we had to leave after about 10 minutes. He gave it a shot though, that was also the night his molar broke through.
I have some cute pictures from the pumpkin patch and Halloween that I will post soon. Just for now, keep little Wesley in your prayers as he endures yet another hospital stay.
With the exception of his stomach problems, he is actually doing really well. He is off the ventilator for 4 hours a day now (2 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon/evening). He is wearing his helmet for 23 hours a day to help round out the back of his head. It's amazing the improvement we've already seen. The last big update is from his ENT surgery. He was in the hospital on 10/12 to have the fluid drained from his ears and have his hearing tested. The doctor was anticipating having to put tubes in his ears. Once he was in for surgery, the doctor drained the fluid and determined that he did not need tubes after all. Just the beginning of the good news. The audiologist came and talked to me after that. Wesley passed his hearing test with no problems, everything was normal. It's always nice to hear good news!!!
Moving past the medical updates, let's get to the fun stuff!!! Wesley has 9 teeth now!!! He has his 4 top front teeth, 4 bottom front teeth, and a molar on the bottom left. That one was painful!!! And although he's not crawling or walking yet, he is able to sit without support and rolls around all over the place. He can push up during tummy time, and he'll move his legs around, he just hasn't figured out how to put it all together yet. But that's ok, it's all still relatively new to him. He loves his rattles, and still talks a lot, but no definite words yet. We have had the opportunity to take him out a few times, once to the pumpkin patch down the street from the house, and then again around the block on Halloween. He's not quite sure what to think about it, but it's a new experience. We attempted to take him to a fall festival, but he wanted nothing to do with the sounds and smells, so we had to leave after about 10 minutes. He gave it a shot though, that was also the night his molar broke through.
I have some cute pictures from the pumpkin patch and Halloween that I will post soon. Just for now, keep little Wesley in your prayers as he endures yet another hospital stay.
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