January 28, 2012

Joseph has been doing wonderful lately and we are enjoying it:) We have to do the occasional breathing treatment, especially when i forget to turn the humidifier on at night. He is scooting all over the house and will kick and squirm to get down when being held. Physical therapy is coming 3 times a month and every visit is getting better then the last. She said this past week that he is getting stronger everytime she comes:) He likes to tease me by making it look like he's going to get in the crawling position, but then quickly pushes back to sitting, tilts his head and gives me a smile while clapping his hand's. He love's attention and praise for something he does, can't recall if my other kid's did or didn't. I find myself constently having to go search for him, he's getting pretty fast at scooting, and he loves it. His speech is getting good too, he say's mamma, dadda, ball and waves bye-bye, and almost say's it too. He blow's kisses and gives hug's:) He gets mad and either growls or screams when his brothers or sister tell him no or take something away when they are playing. He is still loving music and listening to us read. His dietician was here yesterday and he weighs 20 lbs 13 oz, he sure feels it to. He had gained a whole pound from her last visit. She also gave the go ahead to give him some solid food's, which joseph is very appreciative of. Making appointments for him on monday, hopefully his dr won't be to mad for not waiting on him. I feel like he's good with it and am watching him closely when he does eat. She also say's that the drs he had in amarillo are big pushers for feeding tubes. She also think's that the swallow study they did was not accurate, cause he had just been intubated and was still on some sedation med's. It upset me yesterday and had me second guessing if the surgery was something that he would have needed. But it's in the past, no sense in wasting away my time worrying about thing's that can not be changed. I have come to the conclusion that i'm going to look into the cost of optaining all his medical record's and hopefully understand more about how his inside's work and look, to be better prepared next time he goes into the hospital. Thanks for reading and Know that no news means good or great news. Until Next Time:)