TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010 8:30 PM, CDT
Hello Friends and Family-
I just wanted to give you a quick update on our 2 great dr. appointments. Cole had a check up last Friday with Dr. Whitehead, his neurosurgeon. Dr. Whitehead was impressed with Cole and said everything with his shunt looks good. He showed us Cole's brain scans from last year to this year. It was amazing to see how his brain is taking over and the fluid and blood are almost gone. Today Cole had a check up with Dr. Coats, his eye doctor. Dr. Coats said that Cole's eyes were beautiful! He said we don't have to come back unless we start to notice a problem. We are so thankful for such good news.
Cole continues to work hard each day in therapy. His occupational therapist is out of town for a month, so we will be working hard to home. We are also going to try Gymboree. I really think Cole will enjoy the music and instruments.
His army crawling is coming along and he is working on standing. Today he stood (while holding onto a chair) for 10 seconds without me holding him steady. It reminds me of the days when he was learning to sit. Everyday he makes a little more progress.
His speech is coming along as well. Since we turned his car seat around he is able to look out the window. I am constantly pointing out things along the road. Today he repeated truck. He has added belly, knee and eye to his list of body parts that he can point to.
I finally broke down and took Cole for his first haircut! I couldn't stand to cut his curls on top, so we just cut the back. I must admit, it does look much better and he looks so much older.
We are still spending lots of time in the pool. Cole continues to love the water and always amazes us by sticking his face in the water. I think swimming lessons will be next on the agenda.
I added lots of new pictures on pages 4 and 5 of the photo gallery.
We continue to thank God everyday for the blessing of being Cole's parents. His personality continues to develop and we find ourselves laughing more each day.
We hope all is well with each of you. Thank you again for caring so much about Cole.
Love,
Ali
I just wanted to give you a quick update on our 2 great dr. appointments. Cole had a check up last Friday with Dr. Whitehead, his neurosurgeon. Dr. Whitehead was impressed with Cole and said everything with his shunt looks good. He showed us Cole's brain scans from last year to this year. It was amazing to see how his brain is taking over and the fluid and blood are almost gone. Today Cole had a check up with Dr. Coats, his eye doctor. Dr. Coats said that Cole's eyes were beautiful! He said we don't have to come back unless we start to notice a problem. We are so thankful for such good news.
Cole continues to work hard each day in therapy. His occupational therapist is out of town for a month, so we will be working hard to home. We are also going to try Gymboree. I really think Cole will enjoy the music and instruments.
His army crawling is coming along and he is working on standing. Today he stood (while holding onto a chair) for 10 seconds without me holding him steady. It reminds me of the days when he was learning to sit. Everyday he makes a little more progress.
His speech is coming along as well. Since we turned his car seat around he is able to look out the window. I am constantly pointing out things along the road. Today he repeated truck. He has added belly, knee and eye to his list of body parts that he can point to.
I finally broke down and took Cole for his first haircut! I couldn't stand to cut his curls on top, so we just cut the back. I must admit, it does look much better and he looks so much older.
We are still spending lots of time in the pool. Cole continues to love the water and always amazes us by sticking his face in the water. I think swimming lessons will be next on the agenda.
I added lots of new pictures on pages 4 and 5 of the photo gallery.
We continue to thank God everyday for the blessing of being Cole's parents. His personality continues to develop and we find ourselves laughing more each day.
We hope all is well with each of you. Thank you again for caring so much about Cole.
Love,
Ali
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