Outdoor Fun

Jackson is enjoying playing with all his new birthday toys. I finally cleaned out his toy boxes and removed the ones that needed to go. On Sunday, he had a blast outdoors getting messy! First, I let him finger paint in his diaper. I laid a sheet on the lawn and he went to town. His body was more painted than the paper, but he did some creative art.

Then he got to wash off as he played with his water/sand table. He loves this thing! He gets wet from head to toe. Definitely a water boy! Jackson is beginning aquatic therapy, a 10 week program next month. He actually took some swimming lessons last summer. This one is more structured where they do evaluations. I will be excited to see how he does.

However, first, we have to get his ears fixed. We went to the ENT on Wednesday of last week. They did a hearing test and then we met with the doctor. Jackson is hearing at a 40 -50% loss because of the fluid behind his ear drums. So, this means he will have tubes put in on Thursday, May 14th. They will give him general anesthesia, then the doctor will poke a needle in the ear drum, drain the fluid and put the tubes in. 5 minute procedure. I feel bad that he has not been able to hear clearly all this time. His left ear is worse than the right. We are hoping that once this procedure is done, then it will help his speech, hearing and equilibrium.

Then the following week, Monday, May 18th we leave for Detroit for our follow up. We will be there through Wednesday, the 20th. Jackson will have an MRI on Tuesday at 1 pm and an EEG at some point. He will have to be sedated for the MRI too. I did check with his Neuro to make sure these two procedures (MRI and tubes) could be done so close, and he said it was okay. Then on Wednesday we will see Dr. Chugani. We are looking forward to going. Mostly, we pray for good test results for Jackson and that everything looks good and is organizing like it should! I think everyone will be pleased by how far Jackson has come in the past 7 months since surgery!

Jackson is starting to become the little explorer now. Since he has been crawling, he would pretty much just go short distances or stay in whatever little area I would have him in. Now, he is taking off from room to room and down the hallway. The first time I saw him take off, I was in the family room on the phone and I see him crawl past the couch. Then he turned the corner to go down the hallway. I was so excited...I kept peaking at him around the corner to see where he was going. I did not want him to see me or he would have turned back. I don't know where he was going, but as soon as he make it to the opening of our guest room, he saw his beloved exersaucer (that he no longer fits in) and took off to get to it. He raced over and pulled up to stand and started playing with it from the outside. It was too cute! Since then, he has gone to different areas of the home and we are loving this new development with him!

We are so thankful to God for the healing in Jackson's life and all the continued prayers for our son!