Saturday

Dain's doing great today... so I think the effects of the Heart Attack Moment have passed. Praise God!
I never updated you on his eyes. We saw Dr. C yesterday and she was happy with how his eyes are doing. He's alternating between them frequently, which is much better than crossing! So now we're going to be seeing Dr. P regularily for eye therapy, which includes tape on the glasses again. Dain doesn't really seem to mind it so much. We're going back in on Wed to see Dr. P.
I'm looking forward to this week - my aunt is coming into town for a few days and we don't get to see her often enough.
That's about all for now! :)

Heart Attack Moment

Today was one of those days that I wonder why God is letting me be a mommy. You think you have the house child-proofed... and you find out, the scary way, that you don't. Here's what happened:

This morning while I was taking my shower, Dain was in my bedroom playing (as he usually does during my showers). He was opening and closing the drawers in my dresser and Jeremy's high-boy. As I was just finishing my shower, I heard a huge CRASH! and a loud cry - and my heart just stopped! I ran out of the shower, dripping wet, and found Dain underneath 2 full drawers with the high-boy on top of the drawers. I pulled them off of Dain as fast as I could and scooped him up. He cried uncontrollably for a good 10 minutes while I tried to check him over for broken bones, etc. Thankfully I couldn't find anything but I still wasn't at ease. I called Jeremy while Dain was still crying, I was still dripping wet, and we were both stressed out. Jeremy and I decided to see if Dain would calm down and then I would call the pediatrician's office. After a few more minutes, Dain did stop crying but wouldn't let me put him down. After holding him for a good 15 - 20 more minutes, Dain started smiling and talking and pointing to things he wanted to play with. Good sign! So I stripped him down and checked every inch of his body, looking for bruises, especially on his tummy. I didn't find anything, thank God! So I called the pediatrician's office and told them the whole story. They told me that as long as Dain was functioning normally and I could find no signs of any kind of injury, he was probably going to be OK. I just need to keep an eye on him for a couple of days to make sure. So far today he has been acting normal, just like himself. Praise God.
And thank you Lord, for letting me be a Mommy, and for protecting Dain when I'm not able to!

Tomorrow I take Dain in to see Dr. C (the opthamologist/surgeon) for a checkup. He saw Dr. P (the optometrist) twice this past week, once on Monday then again on Wednesday. His right eye has started crossing in and Dr. P wanted to get aggressive with it. It's hard when both doctors are saying different things, but I have to admit that I will go with Dr. P's advice every time. He's the one who treated me with eye therapy and I've known him for 27 years. Our biggest goal with Dain is to avoid another surgery! Please pray that we can finish correcting his eyes with eye therapy instead of with surgery!
On another note, Jeremy and I are planning a vacation! We are so excited... we haven't been on a real vacation since before Dain was born! We are going to Aruba! Sand and sun, baby!

Catching up in pictures

Well, since I've managed to neglect this poor blog once again, I thought I'd make it up by posting a bunch of pictures from the past month. :)

Dain seems to think he looks pretty good in my new fuzzy socks!

Dain and Daddy sure love to play Mario Kart together!

Christmas morning... here I am with the yummy Christmas Danish I make once a year!

Dain... I am your father....

Our poor house after the Christmas craziness. Took 2 days to clean...

Aw, the kitties really do love each other!

Arrrrr! Dain the Pirate!

Poor Panther

Today Dain and I dropped off Panther (as you can see above, the world's best napper) to get spayed and de-clawed. Poor thing didn't know what was coming. We'll pick her up on Christmas Eve. Hopefully I'll be able to keep Dain mostly away from her while she heals! Butters has been looking for her all day.

Surgery Follow-up

Yesterday was Dain's 2nd follow-up appointment for his surgery. Here he is playing with the Dr's toys while we were waiting for his eyes to dilate. (By the way, it is NOT easy to force a toddler's eyes open for eye drops when he is squeezing them shut as tight as he can and screaming at the top of his lungs!)
Here's Dr. C (the surgeon) checking his eyes. He was a big boy and wanted to sit in the seat all by himself.
Dr. C was pleased with Dain's progress and says he's healing very well. We have to continue giving him eye drops at home 3 times a day until his stitches dissolve. Dr. C told me that's when the pink goes completely out of his eyes.
On a side note, I had to completely un-decorate then re-decorate the Christmas tree today. A toddler and a kitten are a very fatal combination! Needless to say, we are waiting until Christmas Eve to actually put gifts underneath it!

Cold, Cold Cold!

When we got up this morning, the outside temp was about -8 F, with the windchill at -14 F. Brrrrrrr!!!!! I think the high today was 5 above zero. Would have stayed in but I had to see the eye doc at 8 am this morning! We decided not to go play outside today. Unfortunately, we're expecting more of the same tomorrow. Good time to just bundle up and cuddle with the hubby, Dain and the kitties! (Who, by the way, as you can see below, are really good cuddlers!)