Friday, May 30, 2014

One size

Only a measly 72 hours or so before we leave to go to Boston.  In preparation I have purchased those new fangled disposable sorts of diapers (no good place/time to wash our wonderful cloth) for while we are away.

Guess what I discovered?  My two and a half year old and my six month old wear the same size.

That is all.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The Doctor is In

This past Friday was our first visit to "Clinic".   It's a couple of hours away, so Daddy took the day off and we made a little road trip.

What is clinic?  Its a big 'ol doctor party!  Kind of like Go. dog. Go!  only without the tree and the fun hats.



Instead of a tree, we had a seat in a very large exam room.  Here's who came to see us...

  • Orthopedics - Don't read too much about Spina Bifida.  She's doing so well that we will treat her just as we would any typical child. 
  • Physical Medicine and Physical Therapy - Wow!  That's a lot of movement! Keep working on those hip flexes and kicking those feet.
  • Social Services - Everyone happy at home?  - You bet, Lady.  You bet!
  • Urology - Pressures seem good, nothing concerning right now.  We've scheduled for some new bladder images later this summer.
  • Neurosurgery - Um... her head measurements are off the charts! Somebody grab a growth chart. OH.  Ok. So is the rest of her.  - That's our little Buster. They haven't made a growth chart that can hold her!
  • Developmental Pediatrics - Is she social? Does she smile?  How well does she grab things?  Transfer them from hand to hand without a pit stop in her cute little mouth?  - Mr. we have got that all covered!

And what did J do all this time?  Trains.  He watched trains running many floors below us.  Trains. Trains. Trains.

After all that, we do have some follow up later in the summer.  Orthopedics, Ophthalmology and Urology all want to see her again; protocol, nothing more. 

Then we went home and spent the weekend being grateful.  It looked like this.  Parking was limited...



But the games and the smiles were worth it!




Now we are just counting down the days until Boston (and more Trains. Trains. Trains.).



Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Because its not all fancy medical talk around here

I think it must seem to some as if everything involving Miss Zelie is medical in some way.  Not so.  She's an actual little person not a diagnosis with curls. (Have I mentioned how we love her curls??)    There is extra medical stuff, its true. There will be more medical updates here too, but for now its just plain 'ol baby fun all 'round.

See?

Napping on the Farm


Racing Dad:Everyone Grab a Chair:Sunshine Snoozing


Happy Tuesday!  Hope you're week is as sunny and speckled as ours.