Ready for February

Well the year started off rough for us, so it can only go up!!!  

Ryan started the year with double ear infections then got a stomach virus.  We think I gave it to him because I started the year with it.  Ryan then gave it to Mike and several of Mike's relatives!! (We really are sorry, didn't mean to at all) Unfortunately Ryan's lasted the longest about 10 days---10 very long days!!  We went through lots of clothes, diapers, pedialyte and crackers.   Then do to the illness he is now a formula baby!! Which is a bitter sweet thing for me!! OH and through all that we ended up with TWO teeth--bottom middle ones, which teething is fun too!!!

Next we went to a specialist for his arm--a Physical Medicine and Rehab doctor where they performed two tests on Ryan's arm.  The test was to stick needles in my child's arm and the other test was to shock him all while hooked to a monitor looking at the nerve and muscle readings.  (the docs did say Ryan was one of the best babies they have ever done the test on--he cooperated and let them do everything with little fuss) The test went well all looks good except his deltoid.  The nerves and muscles in the deltoid are not as strong as they wanted.  We will continue physical therapy and going to specialists.  The doc said we would watch and see how he progresses-- but there is a small chance he will need a what they call a secondary surgery around 18mos to rework the muscles which is where the next specialist comes in.  We now have to see an Orthopedic surgeon for an initial eval and his opinion.  All is good because everyday he is making progress. Mike and I are very optimistic about the whole situation and trust the doctors opinions.  

Well that about rounds out the month so far hence we are ready to start February on a healthier lighter note even though we still have a week and a half until we are there.  Thankfully we are all back to are happy selves now!