"JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE LEARNED WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN LIFE, SOMEONE SPECIAL COMES INTO IT AND SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH MORE THERE IS." ~unknown

Friday, February 4, 2011

6 months later...




...here he is...rockin' some red in honor of National Wear Red Day. Yes, it is mostly about women and heart disease, but Caleb is still in great support of the Heart Association and their work in raising awareness of heart disease/issues. :)




Also included is one of our first attempts at starting solid foods! At his 6-month check up the other day, he weighed 13 lbs. 11 ounces. 26 1/2 inches long. Still a peanut, but we love him all the same. He is starting to roll over from tummy to back and is holding his head up with great support. It is not bobbing around near as much anymore! Thankfully he is now old enough to try some solids. So a couple nights ago we tried a little bit of the good 'ole Gerber rice cereal...needless to say, he loved it...but so far it has not loved him. We went to put him to bed that night (an hour or so after his cereal) and he was very restless, he could not get comfortable every time daddy kept trying to lay him down. I guess I will try it during a different time of day and see if it still has the same effect. Here's hoping he is not already "allergic" to something.

Surgery update...

It is very hard for me to say that I went in to the GYN for my pre-op appt. this past Tuesday, only for her to tell me that she is not willing to do the hysterectomy anymore! I have been devastated to say the least. When you have spent as much time (week after week) dealing with this 'issue' as I have, her saying that she was not willing to do the surgery anymore because it is just not medically necessary YET...there are just no words. I have spent WEEKS trying to "hang on" till this surgery...knowing that if I can just get there, I will never have to deal with this again. My wonderful mom has been up here almost 3 weeks helping me get through this time, providing much needed extra hands, etc... and now she won't do it?!? The biggest disappointment of my life, that is for sure. But how a Dr. can change her mind 5 days before surgery is beyond me! :(

In the end, she is going to keep my time slot on Monday in the OR and just do a procedure that she hopes will help. I am just hoping that it does not throw me into another 3 week tailspin!!