Doctor Update

I took Addysen to see Dr. Ford, her surgeon yesterday. I was too caught up in the election to post last night!
Anyway, he checked out her button and does continue to feel that this issue is not hurting her, just an inconvenience. Since it appears that a lot of the problem is acid burn from stomach leakage, he discontinued her nighttime feedings! I'm very happy about this! Yeah!!! She does leak a little at night since she is usually laying on her tummy or side.So now we can wear jammies with feet! Not that she will ever wear jammies with feet because she is so hot natured, but she could! So now we are doing four bolus feeds a day, and we added two ounces to her daily total. This will hopefully help some with her bowel issues. He checked her back side and she does have some scarring in there that may also be hindering her a little bit too. So we go back in a month and if things aren't any better we will have to do some dilations a little bit longer. Not a big deal, I just hate putting her through that even though it doesn't seem to bother her one little bit!

Yesterday morning Scott caught Addy playing in the sunshine. She loves to wiggle her toes and make shadows, she starts cracking up, I must get it on video. So here she is playing with those beautiful sun rays that are going to be hiding the next few days! At least now she can wear some more of her darling fall clothes again! She's barely made a dent in them, we are still dressing for July here!


I must brag on Avery Jacob today. I called his teacher to have her remind him that it was church day and he needed to ride the bus to church. She told me that he did a very good deed today. She said that there is a boy in Avery's class that is a very anxious child and was having difficulty taking AR tests (Accelerated Reader). If you don't know what that is, children read books and then take a comprehension test on the computer about the book. Each child has a personal goal set for them by their teacher according to their reading ability. They have to get so many points to reach the goal. She asked the class if someone would be willing to help this little guy get some points toward his goal. Avery volunteered! He missed his recess to read with his classmate and help him take the test so he wouldn't be behind! It was no nice to hear my son being described as being very compassionate! Aw, good job son I am so proud of you!