Day 7 in the body cast. I'm going to try not to be long winded in this one (although do you call that long winded when you are typing a lot? 'they' should come up with a new phrase for that). My parents left this evening after helping us put away the Christmas tree, put boxes in the attic, wash clothes & help with Ethan. The best news of today is that the high chair my parents had at their house turns out to be one of the only chairs kids in spica casts can sit in, so they brought it up for us to try. It worked! I really felt a spark come back to me today when that seemed to work out and saw Ethan playing at a table without us holding him up. So we set up the dining room table with trains, books, cars, etc. We have an office chair on wheels that we can sit in and spin around the table to get him toys, too. He also started drawing with crayons, so this set up will really help give him more activity.
Ethan was all up all night with Grammie crying, napping, then getting fussy with his cast. We slept through it all, but tonight the fun begins again sans grandparents to help. It turns out pain medication can only help so much. So as I write, Jared is with Ethan helping him fall asleep. That is the hardest part of the journey so far. Tonight after dinner I took a "nap" (around 8pm) to prepare myself for the night:)
If you're the praying type- we would love for Ethan to be comfortable enough to sleep through the night for our sake and his. Your prayers would be soooooo appreciated on this.
thankful for:
parents who still save the day, the makers of this random high chair that fit starfish kids, little encouragements along the way, and computer technology to share it with people we love
3 comments:
Praying for you!
hope all of you got some sleep! It is about noon there now, so hopefully the day is moving into a peaceful afternoon, if that is possible!
HOWEVER, this is such a great picture of Ethan and his smile! So I guess you all are maintaining your sense of humor! ....at least I certainly hope so!
REASON #2056, not to own a pet! =)
I'm really encouraged by this photo. You see, I have a theory. Actually, it's not mine. This girl Cindy went off about it one day in my Freshman Biology Lab, but I'll save you that story. Basically, ugly people have beautiful children. It's astonishing how that happens. Inversely, beautiful people tend to have ugly children. As Kaitie and Jared are two of you most beautiful people one the planet, as the theory goes--Ethan should be SO ugly. Look at him! He's really a good looking kid. You have to give it to him. My assessment? We can discard this theory in your family case--at least until he hits puberty.
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