Thursday, November 1, 2012

What we've been up to


We have been busy trying to prepare everything for Mason coming home. We have also been trying to get Corbin potty trained (thank you to Stacey for helping us out)! Corbin has been doing pretty good and has only had a few accidents. Here is how we spend a lot of our time:



And of course we had Halloween. Corbin was a deer for Halloween. I know not your typical choice but that is what he wanted to be. I had been asking him what he wanted to be and we had looked at costume choices at Target and he just wouldn't say what he wanted to be. So one day I got the pottery barn kids catalog out (it has Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas in it) and told him we needed to pick out a costume for him for Halloween. Still nothing. So later someone asked him what he was going to be for halloween and he said, "I'm going to be a deer." Of course I had no idea what he was talking about but when we got home he went and got the Pottery barn catalog and got it and flipped to a picture of a stuffed animal reindeer and said, "See Mommy, I'm going to be a deer." So a deer he was.





Mason has been doing pretty good. He had a great day yesterday picking up his head and looking around. He still hasn't been eating that great (thank goodness for the gtube) and has been irritable from the shots. He will take his hand and push the bottle away, crying. This morning though he was more irritable than normal and was not able to be consoled. That was when they noticed his head was pretty full and was bulging, pushing down on his eyes. They went ahead and did complete labs (which ended up looking great-platelets at a new all time high 460) so they were just thinking about his head. The initial thought was to hope that neurosurgey would come and change the setting on the shunt to drain more but the resident came up and said his body should hopefully reabsorb it and settle itself out. So we just gave him some tylenol in hopes that would relieve some pressure. After his tylenol, Mason took a super long nap and woke up in a better mood and thank the Lord his head looked better. We still need prayers that he will feel better and recover from his shots and start taking the bottle again but atleast his head isn't as full as it was! We are still looking to take him home next week and appreciate your continued prayers for continued healing, transitioning, and for us to be equipped with all the knowledge that we need. We will keep you posted!
Mason is starting to figure out how to use his neck.


He passed his car seat test!

2 comments:

  1. Hurray for all those milestones, like passing the car seat test! What a sweetheart!

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  2. corbin is never going to forgive you for putting that picture up! lol!

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