Ryder's better. Yay! We took him in yesterday for his 1 year old shots...poor baby! he SCREAMED! which was a first for us. I guess the chicken pox shot burns. He's still sad today. I just keep giving him hugs.
The Dr. appointment went well. Ryder is in the 70% for length, 50% for weight, and head is at 85% I think. Eventhough he's caught up with weight...they are thinking about putting a feeding tube in his belly. Ryder has feeding problems. He won't swallow. He has always had problems choking on liquids, or solids due to his swallowing disorder. So his body has created this fear of eating food. We continue to try and teach him, but he will not swallow. We are going to a specialist next month that will see if Ryder needs a g-tube at this time. We will see! But we will keep trying! : )
We got a call from Ryder's ENT dr. They will do surgery on his mouth in the coming month.
Through all this Ryder stays happy and strong still! he's a special boy!
Greg is starting up with U of P this next week. We are so excited! This is a wonderful opportunity for him. He will get free college too! yay. They have great benifits for a family with a child w/ special needs. For that we are so blessed!
Heavenly Father has blessed us so much we are so grateful. We are so grateful to be trusted with a special spirit. Ryder makes us so happy!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Posted by The Pages at 3:51 PM
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I'm so glad that Ryder is better from being sick. You are a strong girl and have handled huge trials this past year. Tell Greg Congrats on his new job. You guys truly are blessed!!!
yay for ryder being better!! and congrats to greg for the new job (along w/ awsome benefits)
i just found out that he's been working (or did) for lenards concrete! how wierd is that?? i've been friends w/ anissa since elementary & nathan since jr. high!
Yeah that he has gotten better.. that poor little guy with all his surgerys.. He is one tough guy! Hopefully 2009 has lots of good news and blessings for your family.. Hang in there!
So excited to hear that he is better. I remember all too well how many doctor visits micro preemies have during the first few years of their life. Now that Kadence is 5 things have slowed down with the visits. Hopefully this will happen for you too!
Congrats to your man for the new job and benefits!! We definitely know how important both of those are. Hang in there and let me know if you need help putting together a fundraiser!
I'm so glad he's feeling better. It's so hard to see them so sick and not be able to help them feel better. Yuck. I'm sorry to hear about his feeding problems. A feeding tube might just make life a lot easier for all of you. We were lucky not to need one with Jordan (a lot of Spina Bifida kids have them...). She had some aspirating and we had to thicken for a while but she figured it out on her own. So maybe Ryder will too. You should also look into "feeding therapy" if you haven't done so already. It's just like the others, PT, OT, Speech, etc. Jordan's Speech teacher also did feeding therapy so we added that to the mix of weekly therapies. It helped her quite a bit. If you haven't already, just ask Ryder's DDD support Coordinator about how to get started with it. They'll know what to do. Good luck with everything =)
Way to keep your parents hopping Ryder! Parenting is not a boring job at your house! Hey Greg & Kira! We don't have your phone # anymore? I tried the ones we had and they were no good. Email me or call the home phone to re-inform us.
Kira!!! Its been a while since I've had a chance to check blogs, Crazy how much you guys have gone through. SOO glad to hear Ryder made it through the pneumonia, SO SCARY I can imagine. Hope he gets to have therapy come back again now, I can only imagine how much it can set him back. SO SO SO happy to hear about Greg's new job/benefits. What a BLESSING! Happy B-day to Ryder a month ago! Still insanely CUTE!!
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