Well, we've made it to the 3 week mark!! I can't believe how much Aubrey has changed all ready. I promise to post some recent pics tomorrow of her!! I think she looks less like Madelyn did every day and is definitely proving to me that she is not just like her sister!! The antibiotics seem to be helping her ears and her eyes. She's such a good baby thus far! We rarely hear anything out of her besides her squeaking sounds, which we love. She has been going to bed at nioght around 9:30, waking up to eat around 2:00-3:00. then sleeping again until anywhere between 5:00 and 7:00. We finally got Madelyn back to her normal sleeping routine, so I feel very well rested - especially considering I have 2 young ones at home!
On another note, I went to the pulmonologist last week and had another CT scan to look at the mass on my trachea. I went today to talk to the doctor about the scan, and was happily surprised with what he told me. Basically, he said that the mass hasn't grown any and looks exactly the same as it did in August. He explained what caused it. It appear to be a remnant of the mycobacteria fortuitum infection that I had in my lung in 1998. He said that because the infection is not active and causes me no symptoms, he would NOT recommend having it surgically removed. I was mistaken all this time thinking that the mass is in my throat. it's actually down in my chest, and I feel that the surgery would be quite a big deal. So we've deiced not to move forward with surgery and to monitor the mass like we do the one in my lung and make sure it doesn't cause future problems.
Unfortunately, we've had some scary health issues with my nephew, Colton. He turned 1 in February and the last few weeks he had suddenly stopped walking and crawling and was whiny a lot. Clay and Kelly took him to the doctor, where they couldn't find anything wrong with him. They then sent them to the hospital for blood work, which turned up nothing. Finally, this week he had a bone scan and a MRI which revealed the culprit. it appears that he has an infection in a pocket surrounding a disc in his spine. The good news is that it doesn't look to have started in his bones, as cancer does. Today Colton was sent to LeBonheur where he will have an "aggressive antibiotic drip" for at least 5 to 7 days. Hopefully this will fix everything and he will be able to go home as soon as possible. Please pray that he will recover quickly and that Clay and Kelly will find the strength they need to care for him and the other kids.
I've also been thinking about making my blog private to view. I'm just not loving putting pictures of the girls online for the whole world to see. Anyone who reads this regularly, send me your email address to sbuchanan25@bellsouth.net so I can add you to the list of approved viewers.
I'll post pics soon!!
1 comment:
where are those pics???
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