March 11, 2007
March 11, 2007 | Updates
Guess what? Today daylight savings time changed and we FORGOT?! Not the first time, though. We were all in the car ready to head to church at 8:30 am and suddenly realized it was 9:30 am and we were 1/2 an hour late, not 1/2 an hour early. What a pain! And I’m afraid it’s going to be a bit of a pain for the next week getting everyone on the right sleep schedule. But the time change also means spring is coming and we’re certainly excited for that!Samuel seems to have recovered from his pump decrease except for 2 things. First, he is grinding his teeth a TON. Second, his stomach muscles are contracting a lot so he just cannot seem to stay on his back. He is always pulling his legs into the air when he’s on his back and he is always rolling over. Changing his diaper and his clothes is tricky. But he also has more control over his arms and legs since the decrease. He is SO CLOSE to crawling. If I move his arms for him, he basically does his legs. And if I just give his legs a bit of support, he can propel himself forward. He is also spending more time on his stomach with his arms supporting his upper torso and his head held high. I’m hoping that the next decrease will simply give him more control and not cause additional tightness and teeth grinding. But we will have to just wait and see. (I should also specify that the crawling he is doing is army crawling, not up on all fours.)
We met our new physical therapist and he seems like he will be good. We are going to focus on crawling until Samuel achieves that. I’m hoping it will be soon! It was fun because I told the PT that Samuel could propel himself forward with just a little help from me and I don’t think he believed me because when I showed him, he looked awfully surprised and let out a bit of a gasp. Yee, hah, Samuel! I love blowing people away!
Otherwise, not much happening here. The kids have been out of school a lot the past 10 days for parent teacher conferences. Nathan had his 9 month checkup (weighed in at 16 lbs) and got a set of shots which caused quite a fever for the next few days. The kids all did well with parent teacher conferences. Their school work suffered a bit after Samuel’s accident and then me being pregnant, but they seem to finally be pulling back into place and acting like their lives have settled back into a “normal” routine.
It’s crazy how important it is to have some sense of “normal” in your life. Even if it isn’t normal for everyone else, it needs to be normal for you. At least most of every day needs to be “expectable” and fortunately, our lives seem to have finally returned to that point. We finally have a normal of our own and it feels nice.
I’m considering more hyperbaric treatments in the near future, especially if the next pump decrease seems to cause Samuel’s tone to increase. And we are still considering stem cell treatments in China, but haven’t made a final decision there. I am also considering purchasing a hyperbaric chamber for our home since I’m feeling like those treatments are something we will want to continue to pursue for quite some time. But, it’s all about money and time, so we will have to see.
Keep praying for crawling and eating. We are certainly seeing improvements in Samuel’s crawling and it is exciting! Thanks again to everyone. Oh, and we should soon have a new website that I am really excited about!
Love,
The Jewkes
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