15 1/2 Months

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Ok, better late than never. Just wanted to do a quick 15 month update for the file. This month has had more downs than ups but hopefully things are on the mend as Spring is soon to be sprung. Ike's illness saga didn't end after he got out of the hospital. His persistent ear infections required a short surgery on Friday morning to put tubes in his ears. The dr said there was no choice and we really hope this will do the trick for him. He was a very good sport about going back to the hospital and a little "baby cocktail" of tylenol and something else before they took him back seemed to work great! He was back to his antics by lunch and now we just wait to let to tubes do the work. We also think he can hear better and sharper now as they removed all the fluid in his ears so it is going to be interesting to see how that effects his vocabulary. Ike can totally understand what we are saying to him and his favorite game is when you give him something and say "take this to Daddy" etc etc... he thinks it is so funny. His most frequent words are "bye bye" and "Dadda" (of course) the rest of the time it is a mix of Ikeyisms that don't totally make sense. Sleeping has been less than normal around here as a result of all the time in the hospital and being sick so we are desperately trying to get that back to normal. In the meantime, we are pretty tired.

He has enjoyed being outside this past weekend and it makes us all look forward to warmer and more sunny days! It will be so fun for him to really be able to play and run around outside this Spring and Summer!!!!