Our Story...: Two Week Follow Up and Funnies

Last Wednesday, we headed back up to KC for our two/three week follow up. We met with our surgeon and orthotics. We were so excited to hear how great Cannon was doing. All were so impressed by the look of his head. It is unbelievable, I too agree. His cranial index has dramatically seemed to increase which is so great and encourages me each time we hear how much so that I can rest assured that we made the right choice. However, while there, the surgeon noted Cannon’s lymph nodes were very inflamed. At Cannon’s four month check up about two weeks ago I had mentioned them to our pediatrician and she too noted them but just thought that because of surgery they were a little swollen. Well, Cannon on the fourth of July came down with a virus that caused him to run a fever and then have a yucky cough. I tried to reassure myself that this was just from all that he has endured but I can’t seem to shake the underlying worry and stress that has come about because of Cannon having so many lymph nodes be so so swollen. We returned home and to the doctor’s office the next day to be told that we just need to allow his body to heal and to keep an eye on them. Our doctor told us what to look out for, but now it seems as though I see one of them and I think that I see what she told us to look out for. Or I give him a bath and I find another new swollen lymph node. And the stress returns. For some reason it feels like whenever my boys get sick or I need reassurance from the doctor’s office it is during evening unavailable hours or on the weekend where I then am left to sit and worry and wonder and Google. AH! I truly am trying to remain calm but I also am realistic to know that I need Cannon’s lymph nodes to return to normal so that I too may return to my new sense of calm and peace.

Children...and all that they do to a mother’s heart!

I truly think that parenting is the hardest job ever. It is so full of responsibility and the unknown how is one to know what to do?

In the meantime though our little big Chandler has been full of funnies this week I wanted to share some.

Conversation headed home from Cannon’s appointment
Chandler: Momma, I want to be in _______(insert city where we live). I want to be in _______. I want to be in _______.
Momma: I know Chandler. We are almost there.
Chandler: SILENCE……………………..Momma, what does almost mean?
Momma: It means we are pretty close to _______.
Chandler: Oh, okay! Well, I want to be in _______.
***Then as we were getting closer to our house Chandler’s tears started falling.

Momma: Chandler what is wrong?
Chandler: I want to be in _______.
Momma: Honey, we are in _______. _______ is where we live.
Chandler: NOOOOO! I don’t want to go home I want to go to _______!!!

Fast forward a week…
Momma: Chandler you really need to pick up all of this mess.
Chandler: Okay momma.
Momma: Chandler hurry please we need to take a bath.
Chandler: Well, momma I am ALMOST done almost!
Momma: HAH!

Now for a few pictures!

Trying oatmeal for the first the time. Obviously, not so fond of it.

That's better!

Mom had been up for an hour and half. This was the second attempt to wake up the boys with only ten minutes prior to us needing to leave!

Fun times at Kaleidoscope!

Three weeks post-op! How amazing!!!

My sweet Chandler ready to go to the library. Oh, by the way, the temperature was only 107 outside. But some things are just not worth the fight. Especially when someone looks this cute and makes Cannon laugh as hard as he did seeing his brother in his ADORABLE stocking cap.