Wonderful Christmas

Christmas photo

making cookies

Christmas Eve

out cold

leaf frog train from mommy and daddy

goldfish

block for train

MATER

Scope for his 22

We had a great Christmas.  Brother came home from Texas and his family and my sister's family all came Christmas Eve along with Grandma and Grandpa Panczyk.   We stayed home Christmas Day and just enjoyed the day.  

ENT Recheck

was yesterday at 5p.m.  Jonathon had another tympanogram done and yes there is still fluid in his left ear and he has pressure in his right ear.


Dr. ENT approached us with "I think we need to discuss surgery" and before he could even get all of that out I interrupted with " Yes we need to just do the surgery, this isn't helping him."  It was really simple, we were all on the same page.


I tried to think of questions to ask him and of course thought of some after I got home.  But that always happens.  I am not too upset about the upcoming surgery.  I really think this will help Jonathon with his speech.  We have been going to ENT appts since last January and we are both finished.


Surgery will be after the holidays, someone is supposed to call me this week and schedule a day.  Surgery is supposed to take about 10 minutes and we get to go home the same day.  The longest procedure is going to be driving to the hospital and getting ready for surgery.(that part I won't like)


We will be going to Beaumont Troy Hospital. 
When I know more I will update everyone.

Update about School

Jonathon finally made it to a Tuesday "day" at school.  It's been forever!  School on Tuesday are spent with speech for 30 minutes and then the teacher for 30 minutes.


We will be having a meeting next Thursday with P.T., O.T., Speech, Teacher, and  Social Worker.  After Christmas Vacation things are changing.


Jonathon has graduated out of P.T. and also O.T.  He is doing so well that there is talk about him going into the actual preschool room starting in January.  You can start preschool as young as 2 1/2 yrs. old and Jonathon will be just that.


There is 2 different preschool programs at Memphis Community Schools.  The program that the typical children attend and then the special needs program.  With the special needs program there is 1 teacher and 1 teachers aide to 4 or 5 children.  Jonathon will not be left out.  He will get what he needs while he attends this program.
Will update more when I find out more.

Ask and you SHALL Receive..........

Jonathon needs to work on climbing up and down stairs.  He "can" do it, he just "needs" to get better at it.  This is one of the requirements to start preschool next fall.  Now that it is cold out, we won't be able to go to the park anymore.  I really did not want Jonathon to take a long winter break from step climbing sooooooo........I decided to ask our good friend Randy(Mr. Randy to Jonathon) for help.

                                                                        Showing stairs to daddy at Woodlands

                                                                                 Step 1

                           

                                                                                            Step 2

                                            

                                                                                 Step 3

                                                                                    Step 4

                                                                          I'm  " Steppin"

                                                                             Made it to the Top!!!

                                              Jonathon's Stairs for Therapy

"Thank you Mr. Randy for my stairs ~ now I won't have to go out in the cold and I can keep on practicing!!!!"

ENT Results

Once again we are waiting another 6 weeks for a recheck on Jonathon's ears.  This time he has no fluid in the right ear and some fluid in the left ear.


I am beginning to get frustrated again too.  I don't want to put Jonathon through another surgery if he doesn't need it.  I don't want to put off another surgery if it's the best solution for Jonathon.


I have been going to ENT appointments for almost 1 year now.  This all started last January.


Jonathon has only had 1 ear infection.  Jonathon has passed 3 booth hearing tests.  And this is the first year that we have made it through August, September and October without a sinus infection.  The fluid goes away and then comes back.  At first I thought this was a good thing, but after our appointment Monday night I am beginning to question my judgement.  I think it's time to just let him have the surgery.


Now that Jonathon is older and beginning to talk quite well I do not want to hold him back and I know when there is fluid everything is muffled.  I do not know from experience, I have never had this problem.


We go back in December, if there is fluid still we will be discussing surgery.


So now I am asking for information.  Instead of me searching the web I know one friend(Stephanie and Aiden)www.aisforaiden.com who is always full of good information and knowledge.  If you have any please email me!

We had an accident in house

Jonathon shares a bedroom with my husband and me.  So i have to rearrange the furniture to accomodate us sometimes.


Our bedroom is right off of the living room and one wall is off the kitchen and entry door to come inside house.  It is loud at times and the light bothers Jonathon at times.  We cannot completely close the bedroom door because then it's too cold in there for Jonathon.


I figured out a way to rearrange the furniture and get Jonathon off of one wall and block the light with a dresser from another wall.  In order to do this and make it so our bed fit I had to take off the wooden footboard ~ which we had done last winter so no big deal ~ I thought.  So besides running into a problem ~ having the bed fall apart on me ~ I got it all done and am happy with it.  The dresser does block the light from the living room pretty good and Jonathon seems to sleep a little better.


Monday morning I woke jumped up to hearing a big loud thud and Jonathon screaming!  Remember Jonathon is in a toddler bed so he can get out.  I jumped out of bed to see him trying to get up from foot of bed on the floor.  Oh my god is all I thought ~ his head and his face.  He had fallen onto the metal frame of our bed.  There is a portion that sticks out since I took off the wooden footboard.  I grabbed him and went to the kitchen to get his boo boo puppy(ice pack).  I then returned to the bedroom and laid him on my bed to look him over.  He was upset, but seemed to be o.k.  I couldn't believe it, I didn't see a mark anywhere on his head, a small scratch by his eye, but overall he seemed o.k.  This bothered me, I heard him fall, it was a very loud thud and I knew there had to be a mark somewhere on his head.  So I put him down after a good hug for a few minutes and we went to go potty.


After he finished I let him in bathroom with me.  He started getting into mischief as usual so I told him to look at me.  At first he didn't, then I said again "Jonathon, look at mommy".  He looked up at me and then started screaming all over again.  I didn't see anything.  I told him to come to me and I said "let me look"  you are crying for some reason and I need to find it!  All I can say is "OMG!!"  I finally found where he hurt himself.  It was under his chin all the way down into his neck.  I seen a mark that I didn't know if it was a puncture wound, so I immediately called my husband to come back home.  By the time Gilbert got back home I had Jonathon calmed down and was able to look him over.  Luckily he somehow scraped himself when he fell onto the piece of frame.  Thank God, if he would have just landed full force onto the frame across his neck.  I can honestly say this is the first time Jonathon scared me.


Yes I have been scared about surgery and medical issues along the way, but this is his first real boo boo and oh my, it was scary at first!  The doctor said to keep an eye on him and that is what I have been doing.  His throat seemed to be sore yesterday morning, but by dinnertime he ate with no problem.  He is awake this morning and seems to be back to his happy self.  Another lesson learned!  Don't assume all is ok!  I feel so terrible that this accident happened.  I should have checked out the situation a little better.  Last year he wasn't as old and he was in the crib.


Oh and I did fix the bed. I pushed the mattress toward the foot of the bed and wrapped a blanket around the metal piece.


Here are some pictures.

our bed last winter - notice footboard

This is frame where footboard is missing -

he was headed back toward me and tripped and fell onto this

piece of the bed in the dark at 5:15a.m.

                                           Jonathon's BOO BOO

Our Holloween

I understand that I am late posting about Holloween, but I have been extremely busy chasing a little boy around to put his glasses back on.  My new language consist of "NO"  "Put these back on"


Jonathon did not go out, it was just too cold and he just got over being sick.  So we let him run around with his costume on inside for a few minutes.  He was very cute!