May 12, 2009~Surgery?

Out by the pond at our hospital!

The prayer garden at Baptist is amazing! The rock says: In this place there is God!

Today was a long day. We started with a visit to the ped for a 9 month checkup, our final Hep B shot, and a check up on his ears. It was really hard for little man to be still long enought for the nurses to check the pressure on his ears, but with a remote, an extra nurse and me keeping his hand still, we got the job done, HA. When the doc came in, he told me that Zeke still had fluid in his ears, but that the infection had cleared up. He wants us to come back in a month to make sure the fluid is gone. He looked him over and played with him, once again he told us that he appreared ahead of the game as far as milestones. I fully believe he will keep impressing the docs, as he hasn't disappointed them yet! The doc told us to start some mashed foods and cereal puffs. We tried the puffs today and he loves them. He is still working on the pincer grasp, but will have that down soon! After that appointment, Zeke had lunch, we picked up Dustin, and we were off to Memphis to the orthopedic ped. On our way, we stopped by the hospital to visit with the nurses at the Antepartum unit where I was last summer. We had a great time visiting with them. Maybe eventually we will get around to seeing all of them! Next, we went on into Germantown for Zeke's appt. We had xrays first, it went better this time. We both went in with him, although Dustin was still the brave one to hold him down. I talked to him and kept him calm and he was done rather quickly this time. When Dr. Sawyer came in, he had great news! The bone he was showing us last time had begun to move more towards where it was supposed to be. He said our window for surgery is between 1 and 2 years of age. He thought last time that we would have it at 1 year and he now wants to wait and see if it continues to progress. If it continues to progress like it is now, he will probably just end up having a severe flat foot that will need to be surgically corrected in the first or second grade. Dustin and I sent up many prayers over his feet, as I know many of you did, thank you. God has blessed us so much!