News

Since the last post, there have been a few "happenings" around here.  I will start with the biggest news and that is that we are expecting at baby BOY sometime around December 2nd.  This was a decision that involved many thoughts and discussions and in the end, we decided that #3 was what we wanted for our family.  We are 15 weeks into the pregnancy, and so far things are looking good and that has been reassuring.  We will have a Level 2 ultrasound at 20 weeks and we are hopeful that all will be well with that too.

As for Dallas....he had his 2-year pictures scheduled about 2 weeks ago, so I took him to the photo shoot and let him walk in his walker without his harness (just like he is pictured above) and the photographer shot photos of him while he walked toward the camera.  Unfortunately, he lost his footing and fell face/head first on the pavement.  His nose and lips were bleeding quite a bit and his forehead was growing a goose egg.  On the drive to the ER he passed out and I was unable to wake him.  He came to as I ran him into the front doors of the ER.  All said and done, the head CT came back normal and he "walked" away with a couple cuts and bumps.

Meanwhile, he had a repeat swallow study, which showed improvement in his swallow but he did not drink enough quantity to change the thickening of his liquids.  We will redo the study in about 3 months.
He also had his annual vision check, and his eyesight remains good enough to get by without glasses.  This was good news.

This past Saturday he became very ill again, just as he did right before the last seizure.  He got a bad cough, fever, and was having a hard time breathing.  I took him to the ER around 7:30pm on Saturday night and he was admitted for viral asthma and suspected pneumonia.  We did not get his fever to break until 3am.  As usual, they could not get an IV in him, so he received antibiotic injections and everything else through his g-tube.  After a night of nebs, steroids, and antibiotics, he was coming around.  By Sunday night, we were back home and just relieved that he made it through a high fever without having a seizure.

We celebrated both Dakota (5/28) and Dallas's (6/9) birthdays this evening.  The family came to help us celebrate and Dallas did pretty well considering he wasn't feeling well.

As for the upcoming weeks, we have a few appointments scheduled to see if we can find out why Dallas keeps getting pneumonia.  There has to be an underlying problem in my opinion, so we'll see what we can get figured out!

Links to the annual birthday slideshows:

Dakota
http://youtu.be/2ivUMxYRcAg

Dallas

http://youtu.be/fA0hkd28b3w