Dallas got in about 2 weeks ago to get the immune labs drawn.  It was another ordeal, not surprising!  It took 2 people and three attempts to get the blood, but at least they got it.  They did try to keep Dallas comfortable by giving him gas, but this made him puke so then they decreased the gas for rounds 2 and 3 and he was screaming his lungs out anyway.  We do not have any results yet.

He is otherwise still a handful, but things are improving.  We have a hat that we have been having him wear all the time and this has been helping tremendously with keeping the cochlear device in place.  He continues to make good progress at his speech appointments and we can almost say for certain that he turns to his name!  It seems like he enjoys sound a lot, so I believe his new idea to remove the device whenever he can is behavior related.  He knows that we prefer him to wear it, so anytime he wants our attention or is upset, he pulls the device off.

We started a weekly feeding therapy last week.  His progress in this area has been at a standstill for quite some time.  He only eats pureed foods and drinks warm milk from a bottle.  He has done some straw drinking and barely any chewing.  Our first priority is to get him chewing.  Simply being able to toss some Cheerios or crackers on his tray would be wonderful, as any level of independence would help us all a great deal.

The new look

Laughing at Thanksgiving