I never thought I would say this-WE MET JAMES' WEIGHT GOAL! I took James to the physiatrists office yesterday just for his check-up (we go about every 6 months unless we have AFO problems) and lo and behold he weighed just over 30 lbs. I was shocked! I never thought he'd make it. I'm still actually a little hesitant to celebrate because I'm not sure it will last. A lot of times James gains some weight and within a couple months is back to where he was. Hopefully he can hold on to this weight-even if it does make it a little harder for me to carry him.
James came home from the hospital on New Year's Day. Great way to start the year. Of course I was feeling terrible with one of the awful illnesses that's been hitting everyone. Not sure if it was the same thing James had, but whatever it was, it was terrible. We followed up with the pediatrician and they were pretty happy with his recovery. His oxygen levels were still a little low (89-90ish) but they weren't too worried because he seemed to be symptom free and feeling better. Just to make sure though, he has a follow-up X-Ray in February to make sure his lungs are all clear and looking good.
There isn't a whole lot new on our homefront. This past weekend we headed to WI to celebrate Christmas with Andy's family and the kids had a good time. They love to see the animals and gets all sorts of attention. Elliot especially loves to play with his cousins. James was feeling great and did really good at opening his presents! Leave it to me to make the fun stuff double as therapy. It's was good practice for James though. Opening presents requires his to reach and grab and hold on to something and then to let go too. Slowly but surely he makes his way through his presents. Elliot on the other hand was just not that interested in opening his presents. He was too busy playing with all the toys that are at Grandma's house. It took a lot of convinving but eventually he opened all his presents.
Now it's time to clean house and do some ABR and get ready for another trip to Montreal for ABR. In Februay, I get to take a weekend and go scrapbooking with some friends in WI and then immediately after that James and I will board a plane and head to Montreal for our 3rd session for ABR. I'm mostly excited for this session beause they'll do an evaluation and within a month or so after we'll get his first progress report. I'm excited to see the pictures. We've been able to see the head control of James improve so much. I just hope that we're doing more work to his body than we realize.
