A couple of things...

Still recovering from my surgery, but definitely getting better. I had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic I was on to make sure I didn't get an infection.  My lips broke out in blisters, and my skin broke out in a rash, making me skin feel like sandpaper when it started to scab over. YUCK!!! But luckily its going away. I had my 2 week check up yesterday and he said my body must heal itself quickly, because my knee looks more like 3-4 weeks out then two. I had been doing my exercises he gave me and said my extension for two weeks was great. I am now able to put weight on my foot and he said I can work myself off of the crutches over the next two weeks. Once i feel comfortable walking without crutches, i can loose the brace. So, I'm down to one crutch today! Saw pics of my knee pre surgery and he said they did a joint test after I fell asleep where they take pics and use for learning purposes for students. And he said my knee literally popped out of socket whenever he would bend it. Ouch! Anywho, I'm just glad to be on the mend. You never really realize how much you use\need a leg until you do not have one! =)

So, here is a pic of my knee post surgery.

Also, our doggy added a 3 new faces to our household 3 weeks ago. They are pretty much some of the cutest little faces I have ever seen. =)

Hope everyone is having a great week. =)

Deakons [Before\After]

I had a couple people ask me what exactly Deakon had surgery on his ear for, so I thought I would post some pictures of what we had removed. The doctor suggested that we have them removed before they had the ability to grow larger. Mommy likes to think of them as his little beauty marks, they kind of gave him his personality. I was a litte sad to see them go. They were after all a part of him. I actually almost walked out of the hospital the morning of surgery when the anesthesiologist advised of the "risks" that may come along with the anesthesia. One of those risks being death. Ummmm.......OK! I looked at Chris and said, "Is it really worth the risk?" And he smiled and reassured me that it would be fine, he was a "Stuart" and that he was built to handle these things. Ha! Thanks for the reassurance babe. Much appreciated. Anyways, surgery went well and he woke up like a champ and was ready to go. Anyway, he is doing wonderful since and heaing very nicely. =)

Baby D update...

Deakon had his surgery on his ear on thursday. We had to be at the hospital at 8:30, and surgery was scheduled for 10. We ran into Miss Vanessa on our way up, what a nice suprise! Deakon wasn't allowed to have any milk after 2:30, and he actually tolerated this pretty well. He fussed a couple of times throughout the morning and "attacked" his paci as if it were going to give him something out of the nipple. But, as long as we kept him occupied, he seemed ok. The surgery before us ran a little late, so they did take D back until about 11. They gave him a banana flavored gas mask to knock him out, hooked his iv up, and then were able to start surgery. After the surgery was done, we had to wait for him to wake up to be able to see him. He did really well! He woke up and sucked down 6 ounces of apple juice watered down. Poor baby was starving! We only had to wait about 20 minutes to be able to leave after that, because the nurse said he was doing so well and met all the criteria for leaving. Good job baby D! He got 7 little stitches, that are dissolvable, so we won't have to have them taken out. He ended up taking a really long nap after we left the hospital. He woke up and we were able to feed him some half-strength formula to make sure his tummy could tolerate it from the anesthesia. He did wonderfully and sucked down a second bottle at normal strength. Anyway, his stitches look really good and I am pleased with the job the surgeon did. We go back to see his plastic surgeon for a follow up on tuesday.

Friday, my poor baby had to go in to see his regular doctor for his 6 month shots!! Alot in two days I know! But, he was already behind and I didn't want to wait any longer. Plus, I asked both doctors before hand when I realized how close they were scheduled and they said it would be fine. Why were we so late? Well, he had an ear infection at 6 months, so they couldn't do them then. Then when we went back to have them done, ALL of the immunizations were lost in the snow storm. They lost electricity in the office, and the immunizations went without being refrigerated for too long. So, friday is when we were scheduled to go back. His legs were REALLY sore from these shots. He could not jump without crying, and screamed bloody murder any time I tried to massage his little legs. I felt so bad! But, tylenol and motrin seemed to help and he was back to normal saturday morning!!

My poor baby has been throught so much in the last few days! Hopefully he will get a break for a little while!



SIDE NOTE: Baby D is rocking on all fours and scooting around! I am just patiently waiting for him to start "real" crawling!

Penicillin Reaction

This is what happens to baby "D" when he has any sort of penicillin. Poor little guy, this is a couple of days in, so it actually looks better. We are several days out now and we are pretty much back to normal. On a better note, his ears looked good, which is what he was on the medicine for in the first place. "D" has surgery on thursday at Cooks. I'm a little nervous, but I am certain everything will go smoothly. Friday we go back to double check the ear infection didn't come back since he is off the meds, and to get shots, since he has been sick since he was suppose to have them. We have a pretty busy week!!!

Plastic Surgeon

We had our appointment with the plastic surgeon yesterday for Deakon. As some of you know, he was born with two small skintags by his right ear. Not very noticeable, and they do not bother me. However, this was why we had to have the test ran on his kidneys. Apparently, if there they ears and kidneys form at the same time, and if there is some of abnormality beauty mark on the ears, there tends to be something going on with the kidneys too. Thank goodness everything came back fine. Now, we are told we need to have the skin tags removed before one. Before they have the ability to grow. So, hence the plastic surgeon. It sounds like it will be a small procedure, but he does have to have it done at Cooks, and he will have to be put under. Makes me a little nervous. I don't like having any sort of surgery with how young he is. Anyway, they are going to call us next week to let us know when the surgery is set up and scheduled at the hospital. So, we should be going in in the next month or so. Wish my sweet baby luck on his first and hopefully ONLY surgery ever!!!