Corban's Surgery

We started our day at 3:45am. We arrived at Children's Hospital a little after 5am, where the wait began.

After checking in and taking his vitals we were sent back to Corban's room to do more waiting. The rooms were small but nice. It was good to not just be out in one big waiting room with everyone. The had a refreshment area with sodas and coffee for the families. Corban was sleepy and starving... since I woke him up at 1:45 to feed him since he could not have milk after 2am this morning.

We had to put him in a little hospital gown, and that is when reality hit me. Some stranger was going to take my baby away from me and put him to sleep. Don't get me wrong, all of the staff and the surgon were great. I just didn't want to give my baby up!!!!

He really was a trooper. I know he was starving because they did not come to take him back till a few minutes after 8. He was a little fussy but considering the circumstances he really did great, even the surgeon commented on how surpised he was at Corban's behavior.

The long and the short of it- Corban had an afistula, in english there was an opening in the skin in his rectum area. Well when poop passes through there some would sit in the opening. All poop contains e. coli. The opening became infected with e.coli and it attempted to find a way out by forming a trail from the opening that was infected to the skin's surface thus we have a boil. The surgeon took a laser and "burned" all of the effected tissue in his bum and put a couple of stitches to help keep it closed, although we can not see the stitches. It looks like a little burned line on his bum. We are just happy that it is GONE!!!!!

Poor Baby

We will be at children's at 5:30 for Corban's operation in the morning.... keep us in your prayers. We spent all afternoon at Children's doing his pre admission stuff, details to follow later.

The results are in

Corban's doc finally called back about 5:30 last night to give us the results of the culture she took. She said the boil has been caused by ecoli and to finishe out the medication that he is currently on and if it doesn't solve the problem to call her back and she would send us to a ped. surgeon. So, I hang up to tell Eric and 2 seconds later my phone rings again. It was the doc saying that she just happened to flip the page over and see the results were back as to what all kinds of medicines he can take to get rid of the infection. Guess what?!?!?!? The $80 Rx that she called in last week that he is currently on will not clear the infection up. She needs to call something different in. So she mentions the name of the stuff Corban has had 3 rounds of. I told her we tried that and it helped but never cleared it up. So, she says she will call in some other medicine. I asked her if there was a generic form of it and she says no. I said well we just paid $80 for the last Rx and we really don't need to take another hit like that again. She said oh, insurance doesn't cover it? I said well I guess all but $80 of it. I told her to call back in the original stuff and we would try that. If that doesn't work we are going to the surgeon. And I am changing his doctor!!!! GGGEEEEEZZZZZ!!!! I am so mad right now!!!!!

Corban 5 months

- weighs 16lbs. 3 oz.
- wants to grab everything- including my glasses, and he is so quick about it
- loves to stick his hand in anything you have on a plate
- loves food! he likes sweet potatoes, carrots, sweet peas, bananas he still makes funny faces at apples and pears but doesn't object to eating them.. we have peaches and green beans to go...
- he knows how to hold medicine in his mouth and spit it out- especially this last Rx because it is nasty!
- every time I put him on his tummy I put toys in front of him for him to reach and grab. Well he grabs the toy he wants and then rolls over on his back to play with it.
- he can sit up unsupported, he uses his arms, for a few minutes then he sees something he wants and falls on his face trying to get it.
- he will still not sleep through the night. I love the people wo tell me to put him in bed with us and let him fall asleep nursing.... that only works for the kid who can get full off of one side... not my 16lb baby!
- he is not crawling yet but he does manage to scoot to get what he wants
- he is very ticklish on his back, sometimes he laughs about it and others he holds his breath till his face turns red.
- i find it entertaining when I go to get him at night and he has done a complete 180 in his crib.
- he can put his passy in his mouth all by himself.... unless it is the middle of the night, he for some reason needs me to do it....
- he loves to smiile and laugh
- he loves dogs, he completely freezes when a dog walks into a room to watch- when Zoe licks his feet he laughs
- any time you try to wipe his mouth he opens his mouth and tries to stick the burpcloth in his mouth
- EVERYTHING goes in the mouth
- he loves to talk and has added "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" to his vocab.
- he is a typical boy and loves anything that makes noise.
- he loves to hit
- any time you are holding him and talking he holds up his hand to your lips
- if he is reaching for something and you don't let him have it, if he decides it is worth it he will throw a fit......man I didn't think that hit till later.....
- he thinks his hands belong in your mouth nad that your belong in his
- he thinks its funny when you hiccup
- he tries to copy anything you do with your mouth with his mouth... lets just say hours of entertainment...

July

-Corban is 5 months old- detailed milestones to come later
-We celebrated our 3rd anniversary... pics of my gift to come
-Went to Fl- Eric's mema had open heart surgery- she is still in the ICU due to high blood pressure and she is retaining fluid- the doc's don't know why. Please keep her in your prayers.
-Getting ready to put our house on the market.
-Had to come home from Fl a day early to get Corban to the doc. His boil formed a head. Doc tried to get the core out but it is too thick. She took a culture so we hope to know exacty what it is by the middle of next week. In the mean time we are on our 4th round of meds for it, but a new kind that he gets to take 3x a day instead of 2. The new med smells awful and has a wonderful side effect..... lets just say we are going through some serious diapers.
-Friday afternoon we found Corban a church daycare, that is reasonable and 2 blocks from the house, for when I start work.

Catch-up in pictures

My mother's day present form Corban, the mother and child cameo.

Me and Eric in the park that he grew up playing in. Perry, Fl.

Corban has his first swing in th epark that his daddy grew up playing in.

The family at Grany's L-R Amanda, Lily Beth, Granny holding Will, Poppy, Mema, Granddaddy, me holding Corban.

L-R Michael holding Will, Lily Beth, Granny, Poppy, Mema, Granddaddy, Eric holding Corban.

On the way to Fl. we found a great investment opportunity. Can you read the sign? It is Woodlawn Memory Gardens for sale. Do you know what that is? Eric and I are very entertained at this...

Corban is 5 months old!!!!

I found this outfit on sale while I was preggo and just had to have it!

Corban's big boy stroller. We met some friends out at Tannehill for trade day. We got some really good deals and did some Christmas shopping!

I have a new job...

I don't start till Aug 10th and I am so excited!!!! I will be working at the Regions in the main office in Riverchase in the telebanking department. I am one of the poeple you would call to ask questions about your account, change your address etc. GOD IS SO GOOD!!!! My checks will almost end perfectly from when I get my last check from the school and my first check from the bank. Not only that, but, I get to spend some of my summer with Corban and not looking for a job anymore!!!!!! After that first interview at the bank God just gave me a peace and told me to trust Him and he has more than proven Himself!