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Wow what a day! I sit in anticipation from the Children's hospital ALL day long calling the poor pediatrician over and over finally getting a call (Too late) that Cody's surgery has indeed been rescheduled! Not too happy let me tell you! So home we come feeling miserable. On the upside we will be home for Halloween (and we all know Halloween is my fav holiday) on the downside Cody will miss his first school picture and we will not be able to do bonfire night which is a 5 year Flowers family tradition (thinking of doing it before we leave though). Surgery is planned for the 3rd November.Parker tried crawling today it was so cute and funny to see. He would get his knees tucked up to his chest and then faceplant straight into his blanket he tried several times, finally moving about an inch after a good hour of effort. he rolls around the floor chasing Cody everywhere he goes so I know I am in trouble once he masters crawling!
So we were all invited to Steve and Cheryl's house for a party. Cody had so much fun dancing with Cheryl it was hilarious.
As for the surgery Cody has to go back up to the Children's hospital to have surgery done on his stomach and intestines he will need a feeding tube for a short while to help his tummy with the healing process. We are waiting to hear back from the pediatrician on Monday morning with a time.
Parker is doing great he is a healthy bouncing baby boy and growing like a weed. He has started rolling all over the floor and chasing Cody he is quite the happy little lamb and Cody adores him.
Yes I am sad, Parkers bedroom is freezing cold and no matter how hard I try I cannot get the heating guy out here to fix it he just wont return my calls.
I spoke to Cody's pediatrician today and he is setting up an apt for Cody to have a eating study done in Salt Lake just awaiting the appointment as for the MRI he doesn't think its anything we should be overly concerned about he wants to get to the bottom of his vomiting so he doesn't loose any more weight.
Well today Cody was so excited because he had a field trip to the pumpkin patch he was so excited he wore his scary Halloween shirt with his new shoes and looked adorable waiting for his school bus. He had the chance to buy a pumpkin that was as big as he could carry and well lets just say he went for the biggest one in the field, He is so proud of that darn pumpkin!
Still no news on his health situation I have been researching a condition called Dyspraxia which explains alot about his speech weak muscles etc etc but will keep you posted as any news comes in.
On Saturday I get a Phone call from my sister fairly late in the day so I automatically know something is wrong as it was 2 am for her. It would seem we have a half sister that we knew nothing about her name is Rebecca she is 24 and lives in Scotland. Talk about a complete shock to the system! Not only am I trying to deal with a very sick little boy but now this I don't think my stress levels have ever been so high!I get the chance to talk to her and she seems really nice very down to earth and very secure with herself to contact us apparently she has always known who we are and has wanted to find us for quite some time. So as if this isn't a shock to the system in its own right Yvonne and I get the chance to talk to our biological father last night. How do I feel about this? Well that is still to be determined!
Ok so on Tuesday we are packing up for the trip I decide to get the boys in the bath so all I had to do was put them to bed once we arrived in Salt Lake. Well that didn'y work out too well as I lifted the baby up to get him out my thumb broke! Yes from lifting parker!! so a splinted thumb later we get on the road to Salt lake arriving in time for bed go to the dr apt they decide to hold of on the feeding tube and try one thing before it gets fitted so ok off to the zoo, Cody wanted to see the Gorillas so off to the gorilla house we go he looks through the window ad shouts Daddy Daddy what you doing down there? then turns and laughs at Charlie it was so cute he had so much fun right up until the point he tried shop lifting from the gift shop! head on home and a semi truck has rolled of the road right in front of us so a little delay here and there we finally made it home early hours of the morning. Not much to report as fas as the Dr visit Cody is to have another xray done on his stomach tomorrow morning.
Yes We are freezing! Winter has finally hit so we turn on the heater and no it doesn't want to work! Charlie will climb up into the attic tonight to see if he can figure it out but since we are leaving for Salt Lake tomorrow the repair peeps won't make it out here until we return.
As I was typing this I received a call from Cody's school he is running a fever of 103.4 so I went to bring him home he fell asleep in the car and is now snoring on the sofa, Just what we need some kind of sickness in time for his gastro appointment! He will be seeing his pediatrician this afternoon.
It was a stormy night both inside and out! Cody slept for a total of 3 hours had a night terror lasting over 2 hours, and generally being a cranky boy. Parker slept through his first storm, it didn't phase him at all.
Cody refused his breakfast yet again this morning, he ate a few bites of a cheese sandwich last night but soon became sick. We are going to try Parker on some sweet potato's today he is now 5 mo so we can try out some vegetables he loves his cereal so I think he will love sweet potato's as well.
Today we are staying home Charlie has the van getting a tune up in preparation for the drive to Salt Lake. We can't even walk to the mail box as it is raining right now and set to be raining all day. Cody is sitting in the window watching the rain sad that his swing set is getting wet, He wants me to go outside and pull a cover over it!
I have been asked about Cody's upcoming appointments and wanted to let you all know whats going on; He was diagnosed with Gastroparesis shortly after Christmas 2007. The appointment on Wednesday 8th is with a gastroenterologist in Salt Lake with upcoming MRI on the 16th in St George to check for any tumors or fluid on the brain.
Cody finally has his appointments set up for this next week and is doing ok he never sleeps and never eats but has remained his happy little self!Parker is growing like a weed and a very cute baby he learns new things every day. Its so cute to see how big brother plays with him they adore each other Cody just picked out Parkers first pair of shoes and will be the first to tell you all about them.
