3 Little Bees

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Sitting in the little brown chair

Luke recently started using the little brown chair at The Bell Center. Here he is a few weeks ago, his first time in it. They loaned us a chair for home too, so he can work on his fine motor skills without working so hard to sit up at the same time. A large tray fits on the front to hold books, toys, etc. Doesn't he look like such a big boy!!!

Luke's teeth

Luke has been very drooly lately and with good reason. His second and third teeth have finally broken the skin. He is getting his bottom left front tooth and his top right tooth. When they are out a bit more I will post a picture. We already see braces in his future as both bottom teeth are at opposite angles.

Ps. Jessica if you are reading this, of course we remember you! If you see us again, please say hello. We don't usually go visiting after Luke's appointments because I know you guys are terribly busy, but we remember you all very well. And we can't say enough about how grateful we are for how well you cared for Luke!

Dilation tomorrow

Luke is the only one of us who had the flu shot, and he seems to have missed getting the flu so far. So, the first dilation of his newly repaired nose is scheduled for tomorrow. We know his nose is still open because we have to suction it out 4 times a day, but it could have closed down some. Even if it has not, I think Dr. Hill wanted to open it more. Maybe after tomorrow we will have some idea of how many more dilations Luke will have to have. If all goes well, the Central line will finally come out too! We are more than ready for it to go. Luke is too - we have to hold his hands whenever he doesn't have his chest covered because he tries to rip his bandage off. A big no-no since his site has to stay sterile to prevent an infection. Last night after his bath, in the minute it took Rob to take the tub to the kitchen, Luke had his bandage almost completely off and was pulling at the line. His poor skin around the line must itch and hurt - it is so raw from all the tape.

From colds to the flu

Sorry I haven't updated in a bit. I still have all these things I want to add, so I will try to make more time. We have all been sick except for Luke really. Last week Rob brought home a bad cold and all the rest of us got it to some degree. Luckily Luke only had one night of coughing and then a bit of a runny nose. S&G stayed home from school on Monday then Monday night Gus got a worrisome fever. I drove about 35 minutes to take him to the ER, but it was wall to wall and by that time the ibuprofen had gotten his fever down. So we came back home and went to the clinic the next morning. Both boys now have fevers and are taking Tamiflu. I am taking it too because I started feeling bad yesterday afternoon. I think it may actually work because I already feel better and S&G seem to being doing better as well. They are so cute too... I made them take a nap after lunch. When I went to get them up, I found them together in the bottom bunk, sleeping back to back. When Sam went to school on Tuesday and Gus stayed with me they both looked like they were going to cry when I dropped Sam off. I love their bond.