Surgery #3

Adam's third and final surgery for this year was on Monday the 2nd. They closed his soft palate to close the nasal and oral cavities. It was scheduled for noon, so he couldn't eat anything after midnight, nothing but clear liquids til 9. So we got to Primary's at 10:30, and they told us the O.R. was running an hour late. So we hung out in the playroom until they called us back. The surgery lasted just over an hour and a half, and Helaman had to go to school before he got out. So when I got to go back to post-op he was screaming! He was not very happy to be there, but we moved him to his room and the nurses took over. They put a tube in his left nostril to keep an airway open (called the trumpet), and they put a stitch through his tongue so that if he did have any troubles breathing and they needed to open the airway they could just tug on the stitch and insert the breathing tube. Definitely not cool.They told us we should be able to go home Tuesday. So Tuesday came, and he still didn't want to eat anything even after the tube and the stitch came out. They kept him on his IV fluids and we tried everything, but he wouldn't take it. He was playing, he was himself, just not eating anything. We stayed the night. Wednesday, same story. Except, he recognized his bottle and would reach for it.As soon as we actually put liquids in it he would stop drinking. Finally about 12:30-1ish our nurse decided to take him off the Tylenol with codeine and just give him Motrin to see if the narcotic was decreasing his appetite. Turns out, he really liked juice about 2 hours after they took him off the codeine and he started drinking! He had 7 oz of juice in one sitting, and two hours later he had 4 oz of milk! The nurses and I were literally dancing and screaming down the halway of our wing. We were stoked. Too bad the dr. already told us we had to stay one more night. But that's okay, because by 8:00 Thursday morning the nurse came in with the discharge papers, and we were out of there by 9:30! What was supposed to be an overnight stay turned into 3! But he's doing well, eating what he is supposed to be, and we're just happy that he's back to normal.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

News this week.

Adam goes in on Monday for the surgery to close his soft palate. I have heard that this one is a little bit more difficult than the others simply because he will have to re-learn how to eat and talk and everything he's used to. When I went in last month to meet with his surgeon, he said that because the gap is still pretty wide back there we may have to just close the tissue then wait a year to close the muscle. I think that might be better for Adam-simply because the muscle control will be the same that he is used to. I don't know. I leave it up to the Dr.! But, the surgery is Monday, and he will be off solid foods for 2 weeks. Back to straight formula. Poor kid. But we don't want stitches to come out, so that's what we'll be doing. He is starting to worm around on the floor. He will get up like he's crawling and scoot backwards. He still won't lift himself up to crawl, but he's getting the movements down. I hope the arm restraints for this surgery won't take us back too far.Easy on the eclairs, bud!

P.S. Helaman and I are looking for a new place to live. Something a little closer to work and school. The commuting thing just isn't working out. If you have seen anything close to campus that's relatively cheap, please let us know. Our lease is up Dec. 1 so anytime after that is great.

He's growing up!

Adam is so much fun! He's trying to crawl, he has so many teeth- I think he has more than the 5 that you can see, but he won't let me open his mouth long enough to look. He loves to shake his head 'no,' and if you're lucky, he will nod his head for you. But you have to be really lucky! :) And he'll stand up in Helaman's hand! He's been standing against things for about 3 weeks now but he wouldn't balance in Helaman's hand. He's got it down now! He's not feeling well today, so here's a tribute to Adam with pictures from the last month or so.


I think he's really a ganster! :)

He loves to eat with us! And he smiles ALL the time!

He may be a little bit scared...I would be too if I was that high off the ground!


Love you Adam!!

Family Vacation

I'm due for a couple posts, I guess... Right before school started back up, my parents took our family on a vacation. We went to Denver and had a blast. Adam was the star of the trip seeing as 90% of the pictures taken included him! But we did so many fun things. We went bowling- and if I remember correctly, Adam bowled better for me than I did myself! The next day we went to Elitch Gardens-the old Six Flags, and lucky for me I didn't get to go on any of the rides, but everyone else did and loved them! Helaman proved that sometimes even though cell phones can break easily, his is indestructible. Yes, his fell out on the first roller coaster he went on, and landed on the cement. . . We went all day thinking that it was busted. Over, trash...Wait and see!
They went on the water ride like 5 times, what's a theme park without one!?! Anyway, Adam went on his first ride-- the merry-go-round. And I think he liked it. Too bad his smile doesn't quite match that of the horses! Helaman went to lost and found, and there was his phone...Still in one piece, and it still worked. Talk about lucky day! Nothing but a few scratches! The next day we went to WaterWorld. That was fun! And although it was very cold, it was still a blast! There was a little kid section for Adam to play on and he LOVED it. He went on the lazy river, and spent a lot of the day watching the chipmunks eat the trash people left on the ground. We spent a lot of time at the hotel, and went shopping, all in all, I'd say it was a great vacation!! Here are the pictures.

Go Cougars!

Kendra invited us to the tailgate party before the BYU game today. Adam and I went and they painted his face to match Kendra's. After the tailgate I went to Smiths and this lady was SO sweet. She just kept saying how he must have the coolest aunt in the world for getting him ready for the football game like that and how she just loves to see little kids dressed up for the games (yes Kendra, that was you, and I'll give credit to Taryn too cuz she was there:)). Basically, I just think he is the cutest thing ever!!

More books!

My mom is going to some baby showers this week and asked me to make her some books that the moms could just put pictures into. I made two identical books-for ease, of course :) I loved it! It didn't take me very long and was SUPER fun! Anyway, enjoy!