Dan went in for gallbladder surgery on Friday, and he is doing fine. Post-op he had some breathing difficulties and went into respiratory distress, but after some oxygen and medication he was ok. Apparently, he has a very narrow trachea, and was hard to intubate.We got home at 9pm Friday night, and Dan went right to bed. I woke him every 4 hours for pain medication, and he got up with me and Alex at 6:30 in the am. His pain is well controlled with tylenol #3's in the day, and Percocet at night so he can sleep. Last night he took the bandages off (he has 4 small incisions on his belly , all about 1" long) and we saw he has staples (which we thought he would have stitches) and even though I deal with them at work all the time, I actually felt sick looking at them (only because it is my husband who has the staples, not because they make me feel sick in general). Dan is happy because he thinks it's sympathy pains!
Alex had his 18 month check up, and he is doing just fine. He is following the growth curve in all areas, and even though he only weighs 25 1/2 lbs, he is still a solid kid. He is talking away (although most of the time you don't understand him). He is almost at the stage where he is learning a new word every day--He's picked two new words in the last week. He skipped the one words stage and can make sentences already! For example, yesterday he said to Dan "okay, I go, thank you". Last week I banged my finger in front of him and said ow, and he said "you kay?" It took me a couple tries to understand him, but when I did, I was amazed. He also tells us to "sit down", can say please and thank you (although the please is rare, he always says thank you) and his new words this week were done and okay.
We are still not pregnant, but as each month goes by, we cross our fingers. Once again, we are hoping within the next few weeks to have news, but we're trying to not get our hopes up. When we know, you'll know! Dan and I have both said that if we knew Alex was going to be how he is now, we would have had our second sooner. He is a really good kid. We know for number three though! We'll definitely have out third closer than our first and second :)
We are excited for Alex's second christmas....We bought him nothing but toys for xmas--he has enough clothes. We can't wait to see his face on the big day! I have to work xmas eve, so I get home at 7:30 xmas morning..It's going to be a long day for me!
I'm going to post a couple pics of us, but if I don't post before xmas, Merry Christmas too all of you, and all the best in 2009!
