Wow! Gotta love a thing like facebook where 100 of your closest friends wish you a happy birthday! So, since I got a wealth of love today, I decided to share some with you...by updating this blog.
*Knock on Wood* Lucas has been doing Great lately--with a capital G! This week marked a HUGE milestone for us. He not only said his first word, but he said two words!! After therapy on Wednesday , he was holding a toy cow and looked at it and said, "moooo." Then, the following day, we went see the orthopedic doctor to get his foot and hips checked, and he told the nurse practitioner, "bye!" I was so super, majorly excited!! I started screaming and clapping and he just jumped back and refused to talk anymore! Go figure!! I couldn't have been more proud of my man. Is it just me, or does that deserve a surprise! :)
I have to say, I love our orthopedic doctor. Someone once told me he was as close as you can get to God fixing your feet. And I agree. Not only is Lucas' foot healing beautifully, it does not appear that he will have to have another surgery. The doctor doesn't even think he'll need to wear braces when he starts walking. And that day may be happening sooner than we think. He's started pulling himself up from an elevated seated position to standing. Of course, he can only stay up for about 30 seconds at a time on his own, and then he throws himself backwards. But for him, that's HUGE. Even when he's in his walker or exersaucer, he'll just stare at you, then stand up and give you the biggest grin. Like he knows he's doing big stuff!
And finally the bones in his hip are starting to form!! At least on one side anyways! I don't know if I told you about this, but about 6 months ago (maybe longer, time just doesn't seem the same when you stay home everyday) we had to get an ultrasound on his hips because the calcium was not forming in his sockets. Basically, once a baby starts walking/crawling and starts weight bearing on its' legs, calcium will begin to form in the "holes" which will eventually form into bone. This usually happens around 8 -12 months old. But by that age, Lucas hadn't even had any calcium show up on an x-ray. The ultrasound did show that there was some calcium deposits, but no where near the normal level. Well I guess since the little guy is moving and shaking now, he's catching up because there was significant calcium on his right side, and it appeared the bones were forming on the right! Great, GREAT news!
Two weeks ago we got to see our favorite doctor, Lucas' ENT, Dr. Rodriguez! Lucas has decided that he's attached to his trach hole and has reopened it by holding his mouth closed, then pushing air out of the hole to make squeaky noises. Sounds charming doesn't it? Well he caught the little bug that was going around and had a snotty nose and a snotty trach hole. Yes, it was disgusting! Well, as she previously mentioned to us, if the hole doesn't close on its own, she will have to close it. And yes, that will be another surgery. I told her that I wasn't looking forward to Lucas having another surgery anytime soon, especially after the LONG road to recovery we had this past time. I know it's probably for the best, but I just got my Lukie back and am not looking forward to the regression that comes with surgery. Maybe if we can eat a little bit longer and start drinking for a while, he won't stop this time? And to stop the little bit he will sit up and no more standing or rolling over, and having his head tilting constantly--No, thank you! Well, she told us that she would have to put him under and he'd have to be in the hospital for a minimum of one night because she would have to put a drain tube coming out of his neck so he wouldn't "do his trick" and "blow up his neck"--pop the stitches. BUT, she did not want to do the surgery anytime soon. We'll have to wait until after the winter because with his history, he's likely to catch something while he's in the hospital and have an extended stay. Not good!
So, I'm hoping that in the next few wintery months, he will quit being a sound effects man and let that hole close up--again! Sounds nice, but according to his pediatrician--that just ain't gonna happen. :( One can still hope though.
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