Well, let's just jump right in on what's been going on in our world.
First of all, Evan has started back on his physical and occupational therapies, and he has blown their socks off.
Ever since the repair, he moves so much easier, and is getting on his hands and knees to try crawling (finally!) and going from a prone position to sitting up!!!! I'm so excited about that one. You should see how proud he is of himself.
Even more exciting news- Evan is eating. Yes, EATING. He's able to polish off a 4 oz jar of baby food in 30 minutes. That's 80-100 calories depending in the food. Which means we only use the g-button during those feeds to give him liquids, which we're still struggling with, but making some progress. As of yesterday, we have been able to replace a tube feeding with an oral feeding (and giving him just water through his gbutton) and reduce one tube feeding in half.
It's so exciting. :-)
We also have been patching his eye to help strengthen his other eye a little. He has mixed emotions about that patch.
In addition to that, we found out just last week that we are going to be expecting a new addition to our family. Yep, Evan is going to be a big brother.
It is an unexpected development (even more so because I have been on birth control) but I am happy about it.
Well, once the nausea passes, I'll be much more happy about it.
Hi Michelle! We love reading about the progress Evan has made since he was at Cook Children's. We would love to talk with you about doing a blog for us! Please email me at morgan.burns@cookchildrens.org. Thank you!
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