Tuesday, January 24, 2012

HERE I AM - MISS ME?!

Just got kid to bed and my choices were do the dishes or blog. So ta-da, here I am. I've got GAC on, watching Ronnie Milsap, Loretta Lynn and others sing gospel songs on the Grand Ole Opry. Yeah, that's just how country I am, and I'm dang proud of it.

I'm sure everyone is chomping at the bit to hear all about the excitement in our lives lately. Well, this won't take long, ha! Colby is having a good stretch. He's had a couple rough days at school, having trouble sitting up in his wheelchair, a few oxygen drops. But they're sporadic and overall he's doing great. Still working on the eye gaze. Our goal is to eventually have it in front of him almost all the time. It's a gradual thing. He used to cry when you put it in front of him and now he doesn't. Progress! You can see his intentional choices (sometimes). He has the placement of certain squares/choices memorized, which is most impressive. Progress! No dr. appts for him this month. Next month is his ortho appointment for that cyst on his rib. Can't wait to see what that might entail. Then in March he has appts for the dentist and ophthalmology in Cincy. I also need to call and make him an appointment at The Brace Shop in Cincy for new AFOs (ankle foot orthotics) and a back brace. That kid is growing like crazy. Finally got another suction machine. Insurance covers 2 and his backup was sucking (or actually not sucking haha) so we had to get another one. Also had to track down a carrying case for his portable suction. After 2 e-mails and 7 phone calls, found it, ordered it and hopefully it will be shipped this week. I'm just hoping he has a good day at school tomorrow. Monday was a little rocky so I kept him home today. He did fine. Maybe he just needed a Mama day. That's fine with me, because I certainly enjoyed my Colby day, too. So off to school tomorrow he shall go. Still loving the new nurse, Sheri. She's a joy to work with and takes excellent care of Colby and all his equipment.

Okay, I'm not going to lie, I'm tired. Since it doesn't look like those dishes have jumped into the dishwasher by themselves, I'm going to cut this short tonight. Wanted everyone to know that yes, we're still chugging along. I'll update on what's new with me tomorrow night. For all of those who keep in contact with us, thank you so much. Living in Louisville is hard sometimes, as most of my family and friends are in Indiana. Gets kind of lonely around here, so keeping in touch means a lot to me. I should do better to return the favor! Bye for now.

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