Friday, September 21, 2007

The Appointments


Last week ,we met with the plastic surgeon, the general surgeon, and the eye doctor. The plastic surgeon is requesting that Sam have a food allergy test run. He felt that Sam was breathing a little too hard and that combined with little growth can be a sign for a food allergy. We have suggested this before but with no luck. So, we are talking with our insurance company to see if this will be covered. Also, he said that we will wait a little longer on the palate surgery to decide if the palate is what is causing his speech problems. He also asked that we get his hearing re-evaluated. The eye doctor said that his eyes were doing much better. He will still need to wear his glasses but there is a lot of hope that he will grow out of his eye problems. We lost his glasses last week at the fair the night before his eye appointment. I asked all of our family to pray that we find them because they are so expensive. Well, we found them but they were so trampled that they were almost unrecognizable. Thankfully, we had insurance on them and we ordered new lenses. Lastly, the general surgeon thought that his stomach still looked a little too red and would like to see him again this week.

All of Sam's appointments seem to run in cycles. He has quite a few more this next week and then we will be slowing down a little bit. Thank you all for your prayers

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Tough Guy

Today, we meet with the plastic surgeon. We will be planning when the next surgery will be. I'll keep everyone updated.
I put this picture on here because Sam is always falling down, but he hardly ever cries. Most of the time, he's still smiling, just like in the picture.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Post-Op



Sam is doing so well! He is the toughest kid I know. He is on some pain medication but has had only one dose today. When it starts hurting him, he will point to his tummy and say OW! He never cries about it. He even loves to show off his little bullet wound (that's what it looks like!). I think that he just loves the attention when he lifts up his shirt and everyone says, Oh, Poor thing! He is so cute. He gets the biggest grin when he gets any sympathy. We have an awesome small group that has brought us meals every day since Thursday. We are so thankful for the friends that God has put in our lives that lift Sam up in prayer, even though I feel a little bad accepting these because he is doing so good. Thank you all for your prayers. God is so good! Oh, and this was also the best Sam has ever done coming out of anesthesia.

Sam-1 week

Sam-1 week

Sam @ 5 months

Sam @ 5 months

May 2006

May 2006
Night Before Sam's Surgery

July 2006

July 2006
Two months surgery