Ok, so here it is! Thought I would start up a blog. So I guess I start off writing about my family. My husband, Ryan and I were married in January 2006 and have 2 beautiful children! I'm sure every mother says that, but it's true!! Kaden is 5 and Kohen is 2! This picture is from Christmas 2007, guess I need to take more family pictures.
So this year has been a good and bad. So lets start with the bad. Kohen was diagnosed with Craniosynostosis in November 2007. Basically that means that his skull had fused together too soon. So his left side was starting to flatten and his brain was pushing out the right side. Which if not fixed could start to cause pressure on the brain and eventually brain damage. So needless to say this was a very scary situation for us. After a ton of Dr. appointments at Children's in Seattle he was finally scheduled for surgery in June 2008. His doctors were so amazing! So this next part is a little graphic, but here goes. What they needed to do was cut him from ear to ear, peel back his skin, remove his forehead and eye piece, reshape it and put it back into place. Sounds horrible, huh! Well, he went in on a Tuesday for surgery, spent
1 1/2 days in ICU, transfered to a regular room and was released Friday by noon! So basically he was there for 3 1/2 days. They warned us that his eyes would probably swell shut. Well that never happened, so that's why we were able to go home so early!! He was such a trooper! So the good is since then he has healed and all of his post-op's have been great! His head is starting to reshape and by his 1 yr post-op his skull, where cut, should be filled in with bone fragments. It's been a pretty busy year for us, but no more appointments till June 2009, YEAH!!! Oh, we did manage to take a family vacation for a week to Lincoln City in August! That was a blast!
4 comments:
Yay Candie this blogging thing is so much fun. I am glad you have started one.
I was seriously just thinking this weekend, "Candie should do a blog." I swear I must have ESP or something. Yay, I'm glad you started one. :) Life is more exciting to hear about than you think it is sometimes. And we only get one, so make it fun!
So good to hear about your sweet little family! It will be easier to keep in touch this way now that you have a blog. We had similar health problems with our youngest Brady. It is so scary to go thru but it makes you realize that you are so much stronger than you think. Oh, and Thanks for being so supportive of Carol. She appreciates it more than you will ever know.
Yeay a blog! You sure had an eventful year!! I'm so glad Kohen continues to do well and that he has great doctors! You both are troopers :)
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