I really want to capture your early months, but also want to keep track of latest events...so I will try very hard to do BOTH!
You are now 18 Months old...recently you had surgery for Coats' Disease in your right eye (11/28/07)...it was not detected until you were a year old, but progressed very rapidly...the vessels behind that eye were leaking blood and fatty tissue, putting you at risk of retinal detachment as well as a host of other eye problems, including the possibility of having to have the eyeball removed to prevent pain. We were devastated at yet another surgery for you...but what a little trooper you've proven to be...so strong and courageous...the most stubborn person I have ever met also...you have gotten so smart and strong. You are now rolling all over our house, getting stuck behind the television, under your bed, and the couch. You love knocking over Tre's Lincoln Logs when he builds, getting into his coloring books and crayons when he colors, and watching him play with all of his matchbox cars on the floor. You have developed beyond what most would have imagined for you at this point...but not me---I knew you would do it; I knew that no matter what, you would be so determined to do more than 'the expected.' You have always had that spirit about you---even way back when you were 2 weeks old, fighting your biggest fight after being drugged up and intubated for FIVE whole days, when the surgeons messed up, had to sew you up and wait to re-open you to do the operation the right way...
You are now 18 Months old...recently you had surgery for Coats' Disease in your right eye (11/28/07)...it was not detected until you were a year old, but progressed very rapidly...the vessels behind that eye were leaking blood and fatty tissue, putting you at risk of retinal detachment as well as a host of other eye problems, including the possibility of having to have the eyeball removed to prevent pain. We were devastated at yet another surgery for you...but what a little trooper you've proven to be...so strong and courageous...the most stubborn person I have ever met also...you have gotten so smart and strong. You are now rolling all over our house, getting stuck behind the television, under your bed, and the couch. You love knocking over Tre's Lincoln Logs when he builds, getting into his coloring books and crayons when he colors, and watching him play with all of his matchbox cars on the floor. You have developed beyond what most would have imagined for you at this point...but not me---I knew you would do it; I knew that no matter what, you would be so determined to do more than 'the expected.' You have always had that spirit about you---even way back when you were 2 weeks old, fighting your biggest fight after being drugged up and intubated for FIVE whole days, when the surgeons messed up, had to sew you up and wait to re-open you to do the operation the right way...
You are most hysterical during your therapies---somehow you have chosen your "favorites" and "not so favorites." Our home and our lives are bombarded with people in and out, all day long and all evening long...funny how you know that if you cry during therapy, they will immediately hug and kiss you, even if nothing is wrong with you...you already know how to manipulate the situation to get out of doing "work." You love occupational therapy and have developed a bond with Julie (your therapist) like no other...she steals your kisses and you get the biggest SMILE on your face---you know you have her wrapped right around your finger also, but funny how you don't have to cry for her to know that...you're too smart.
