So I know it's been forever since I posted last but I've had so much fun this summer and been so busy with Blake that I haven't had the time. I still have to post about my vacations but I'm still waiting on some pics to be finished. Oh well.
So here's the update. Blake's leg is doing really well. It healed faster than anyone expected. The doctor originally said 4 to 6 weeks with the spica cast on and it ended up only being 3 weeks. At first I was elated but then the doc told me that he still wasn't allowed to walk on it.
"How the Heck do you stop a 2 year old from walking?!"
He told me not to worry and that he wouldn't want to walk. "Trust me" he says.
OK harder to do than say.
So I trusted him and he was right. Blake didn't start walking along furniture until about 6 weeks after the accident and then by himself a week later. It was difficult to watch my two year old be in pain from the weakness and soreness that still lingered.
Now he is doing great though. Still limping a very little bit but he doesn't let anything stop him. Ofcourse I am now the hoovering mother but wouldn't you be?
In regards to his other issues well he still cannot gain weight. Do you know that he has gained less than 4lbs. in this last year? I went to have him weighed and measured yesterday so that the Mayo docs had the very latest info. He is 18lbs. 14.5oz. and 33inches long.
So since May he has lost weight from 19lbs even. Which we did expect some weight loss from his accident but I just didn't think he'd gain nothing from May to the end of June and then none or very little in the last month. He has grown a half an inch and broken in 4 new teeth so that's all good news. We still have no clue why he can't gain weight and he is still falling farther and farther down the chart. Really, he's not on the chart. I like to still think of him as being on there because you can still put the dot somewhere on the chart. It's just in that large space at the bottom with no lines.
As soon as we here from the Mayo clinic I will let you all know. Thank you so much Ryan and Holly for your friend at Mayo. He has been so nice and so helpful. We love you guys so much. Please keep Blake in your prayers. We really need to find answers.
Love you all
