Surgery Recovery Update
I think James is pretty much fully recovered from his ear tube, tonsillectomy, and adenoidectomy surgeries. Day 5 through day 10 or so were a bit rough, but these past few days he seems so much better. He’s breathing so much better, too, now that those overgrown tonsils are out of his airway. We still need to suction, but it doesn’t seem like we’re suctioning as much as we used to. He has a post-surgical follow up tomorrow.
Eye Doctor
James had an eye doctor appointment on Tuesday. Stacy had put together the video below beforehand to show the doctor that James is doing some eye movements. The video was taken during one of his vision therapy sessions.
The doctor said that James’ eyes are getting better, and he will need a new prescription for glasses.
School
James has a really big life change coming up in a few months. On Wednesday we got the registration and abilities forms for preschool. Yep. James will be starting school in the fall. I guess it was going to happen whether we liked it or not, but I don’t think we’re ready for this step yet. It’s still a few months away, so we have some time to prepare for him to leave the nest. I’m sure all parents probably have similar emotions, but with all of James’ needs, it makes us extremely nervous. He will obviously be in special ed, which means he will have an IEP (Individual Education Plan). In case you didn’t know, Stacy was a special education teacher before James was born so she knows all about IEPs. Now she gets to be on the other side of the table at the IEP meetings, which will probably be a little bit weird for her. Our first IEP and evaluation meeting is on May 24th . We’ll see how Stacy does.
In other big news, James is getting really good at flipping his head from side to side when he is on his belly. Stacy and I worked so hard with him to just lift his head. Watching him lift his head, flip it from one side to the other, and then put it back down is an awesome sight to see. We didn’t even teach him how to do this; he somehow learned to do it on his own. The first couple of times he did it, we didn’t even notice. We were just like, ‘wait a minute, weren’t you facing this way a couple of minutes ago?’ Then Stacy caught him doing it. I know it probably doesn’t seem like a big deal to most parents, but when your kid had such a hard time just lifting his head, watching him flip it from side to side without assistance is amazing.
Other News
In other big news, James is getting really good at flipping his head from side to side when he is on his belly. Stacy and I worked so hard with him to just lift his head. Watching him lift his head, flip it from one side to the other, and then put it back down is an awesome sight to see. We didn’t even teach him how to do this; he somehow learned to do it on his own. The first couple of times he did it, we didn’t even notice. We were just like, ‘wait a minute, weren’t you facing this way a couple of minutes ago?’ Then Stacy caught him doing it. I know it probably doesn’t seem like a big deal to most parents, but when your kid had such a hard time just lifting his head, watching him flip it from side to side without assistance is amazing.
On Friday we received a very nice donation: a Blendtec blender. Apparently, this thing can blend pretty much anything…even an iPad.
What do we need a blender for? Well, Stacy was talking to someone about diets for James and the topic of blended diets came up. A blended diet is basically taking normal foods, putting it in a blender which turns it into a puree, and then feeding it to your child through their g-tube. Stacy will need to talk to a nutritionist to see what they recommend for James. Now that we’ve got this fancy blender, we just need to figure out what sort of foods we should blend for James, the calories, etc.
