General update on Kadin

I know, it's been a LONG time since I have updated on our little miracle ... my bad, but we have been so busy living life here it is unbelievable!

First of all, let me say what a blessing this baby is. He is the most precious thing ever and I don't say that just because I am his mommy, I say that because of what a gift he is to all of us. I watch his interactions with his daddy and I melt. I watch him look at his big sister and brother and I melt. I see him recognize his Nanny and my sister, Ti, and my eyes water .... you know what I mean?

He wasn't supposed to make it. He wasn't supposed to be here. He fought tooth and nail from the minute he was born to make it to where he is today and I am so thankful to God for being able to have him. He is with me almost 24/7 and my thoughts are constantly toward him in what he might need, or is he breathing, or is his head turned the right way, etc .... When he's sleeping I check on him all the time. What mother doesn't worry about their child? I just had some extra worries to go along with this baby.

Our pulmonologist suggested we start trying to wean him off the oxygen. About the time we started, he got sick. The dr. thinks it was a little cold. He was wheezing and had rattles in his chest ... really scared me! But I gave him his meds, antibiotics, steroids, and breathing treatments, and today he is all good!

I don't know what he weighs exactly, but at the Dr.'s office on April 29 he weighed 11 pounds and 4 ounces. I am sure he has gained since then. He is outgrowing all the clothes we have for him! He is just amazing! Have I said that already ??? :)

I am giving him rice cereal now. He doesn't quite seem to like it and is learning how to move it to the back of his mouth to swallow and sometimes he flat refuses to eat it, but that's ok .... I talked to his pediatrician and expressed my concerns for him drinking half a bottle and pushing it away, but still grunting and groaning like he was hungry, not to mention trying to eat his fists. (which I think is a darling instinct that almost all babies exhibit when they are hungry!) I was worried because I would feel like he should be hungry but he would not ever cry. He doesn't cry very often, but when he does, he means it. So, the Dr.'s office told me to try the cereal to see if keeping his tummy heavy for a little longer helped, and wow ... He is SLEEPING for a good 3 hours during naps when before we started cereal he would just nap for about half an hour and be back up acting hungry again! *sigh, I was exhausted!*

Kadin is sleeping thru the night and has for about the last month. He usually turns in around 10:30 after his last bottle, and he is very good about sleeping until about 7:30 every morning! It's like clockwork, you can count on him being awake then! We are putting the oxygen on him only at night and his pulse-ox monitor too because most of the time he will work the cannula around to give his ear some oxygen too. If he sats good thru the night, we never even know anything, but occassionally it seems he gets into a deep sleep and breaths are shallow and then his monitor will go off ... or then again, we have the times he wakes up a little earlier and kicks his feet wildly and his monitor goes off WITH EVERY MOVE, ha ha ha ha ha.

I have a video I wanted to post but it has me making a fool of myself in it to make Kadin laugh. It's hilarious. Maybe I will upload it to youtube and let you all see it. he is so cute in it ... smiling and laughing. He does a lot of that lately ... just brings tears to my eyes !!!!

We have an appointment in FW one week from today, on the 27th. We were going to go to that and then travel on to Texarkana for Danny's daughter's graduation, but since our bank account got wiped out, the extra travel will not be possible ... which sucks really really bad. She wanted us there and we wanted to be there, but it isn't going to happen. And I hate it. Anyway, we MUST go to his appointment and his insurance helps us with the travel and the motel room, otherwise, that would be a big problem also. I will update on him after that appointment and try to post some more current pictures as well !!