Recovery

Welcome back to those who still check in with Jack....that is whenever I post new updates. Jack's chin has been healing nicely since they drained the infection and gave him the new antibiotics. He no longer looks like somebody glued a giant red extension on his face. The wound is now nothing more than a bump at the bottom of his chin, and the redness is pretty much all gone. He is also back to his normal happy self. It seems that the chinfection made him understandably cranky (I know I would be). Yesterday he went to stay with Cousin Penny up in Applegate. I'm sure they're both having a great time....it's been over a month since Penny has gotten to babysit him and I'm sure they have some catching up to do. We are just glad the infection is almost gone and Jack is almost back to 100% healthy. Also, for those interested I put a pic of his chinny chin chin in this group so you can get an idea of what it looked like.

Chinfection update

Yesterday morning I got a wake up knock from Mary said she needed help. Turns out that Jack's chin boil thing had popped. No trauma, he was just playing in the living room and it opened up. After a bit of cleaning him up and Mary talking to the advice nurse on the phone we made yet another trip to Kaiser...ER again. The doctor inspected his chin and decided the best course of action was to drain some of the fluid inside. It seemed like it took forever, they had to restrain him with a blanket and then stick a needle in his chin. I chickened out and waited outside the room, but Mary stayed in with him and toughed it out. After a bit Jack calmed down from his crying and he got a big band aid for his chin. He is still on the antibiotics but the chin bump is very much smaller and looks like it's starting to get better. Tomorrow he goes back in for his pediatrician to take a look at it, then hopefully we can stay away from Kaiser for a while.

Chinny Chin Chin

Just an update about Jack and his poor infected chin. After 9 days of antibiotics Jack's chin hadn't gone down as we'd hoped. So we went back out to the doctor. The new diagnosis is Jack has a type of staph infection and he's been put on stronger antibiotics. It's been hard to tell if his chin is going down, but he's only been on the new medicine for one day. Other than his chin all seems OK. No fever or any other problems, and we are keeping our fingers crossed that things improve. The next step would be a visit to the head and neck specialist, which would probably lead to a more invasive treatment. Everyone keep their fingers crossed for our little guy and hope that he gets better on this new medicine.

Happy 2011

Hello all. Happy New Year to everyone and we hope your holidays were great. It's been a little bit since the last post and we've been busy. After Jack's birthday we've had a couple doctor appointments (everything is going great), and a nice trip half way across the country. Oh yeah and a trip to the ER after Jack fell/slid forward then hyperventilated and kind of passed out. I wasn't in the house to see what all went down, but Mary was freaking out so we called 9-1-1 and then took him to the ER. Apparently I did the same thing when I was little and it's pretty common. Jack was fine and had a great time meeting all the new people, from firefighters to nurses and doctors.

We all went out to Oklahoma for Christmas. The flights both ways were pretty good. Jack got a little fussy, but no big out breaks of crying or yelling. He had a great time getting to see all his Oklahoma family. He also wasn't lacking for gifts and being spoiled. We brought back a suitcase full of new clothes and toys for him, plus Grandma Christi had to ship an additional box to us.

So now we're back in Cali and enjoying what has been a wet start to the new year. Jack did get an infection, we're not sure how, in a node under his chin. Poor little fella looked like he had Jay Leno's chin. It hasn't seemed to bother him, and the swelling and redness has gone down with his antibiotics. Hopefully we have seen the last of the hospitals for at least 5 months.

1 YEAR OLD!!!!!!!

We have survived Jack's first birthday. Seems like it's been such a long road (especially to start with) to get to this point....but it has also just flown by. We had a great day. Had some friends and family over and started off at house letting Jack assist in the opening of presents. Honestly he just wanted to tear and chew on the wrapping paper. After that we went to the Sacramento Zoo for his little party and some cake and ice cream. If you take a peak at the photos you can tell he really hated his cake! Now we are back at home, exhausted, and trying to clean up the mess of paper and card board that all his gift/toys came in. I've decided to convert the garage into a toy storage for Jack so I might be busy for a few days. I also posted a short video of Jack deciding he's big enough to stand in his crib.

What a Difference a Year Makes

Happy kick-off to the Holidays people! We hope that everybody had a great Thanksgiving. We certainly did. Jack enjoyed his first Turkeyday ever, he had some mashed potatoes, stuffing and ground up turkey. He was stuffed!

I was running through my pictures and thought I would update with last year's pic, and this years. Last year Mary was on strict hospitalized bed rest, due to pregnancy complications. It was very nice to not be there this year, and so glad everyone is healthy and happy. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

PS-I also included a picture of Jack who is now able to pull himself to a standing position in his crib.......we are in trouble.

Right on Course

It's getting really close to Jack's birthday. Just over one week to go, and we'll be having his party. Jack is doing very well. He had his second visit to the High Risk FollowUp Clinic. They tested his motor skills and tried to determine how he was developing mentally. He passed with flying colors!!! He was reaching for things with purpose and trying to figure out how things worked. He is very mobile, just needs to use his left arm a little more, then get up and crawl. Jack wasn't very talkative, so they really couldn't test that, but we assured them that he loves to chat away at home and is constantly discovering new sounds.

Hopefully in the next few days we are going to get our Christmas Tree up (hopefully he won't pull it down), and try to get a picture for our Holiday cards. Also going to be venturing to Chico for Thanksgiving dinner at my Sister and Brother-in-Law's house. Can't believe it's almost December already....Jack hasn't even started his Christmas shopping.