Updates

Umm... so I'm a slacker. Sorry! Can I use the excuse that I've been busy??? Seriously... since Courtney's surgery, I've been to at least one doctor with at least one of the kids every week. For a while there, Courtney's incision was not healing. It was getting to the point where she was about to need to go back for surgery again just to fix it. Apparently, she had a reaction to the sutures used... that has now been noted in her file, so if she ever needs surgery again, we WON'T be using that same kind!!! Now that it is actually healing, it looks pretty good, and she was able to take her first bath (post-op) Sunday evening!  :)

Katelyn's infected finger is finally better... the nail has almost completely grown out, so it looks much better. Jacob had to go to the doc last week for croup... which meant breathing treatments and lovely steroids which made him a little less pleasant to be around. It also meant that the other three were bound to get sick too. Andrew and Katelyn made it through without much intervention... but Courtney had to go to the doc today to get some antibiotics, as she now has a bit of bronchitis.

Courtney has her new AFO now!!! When she first saw it (at the orthotic place) she shouted "I love it!!!" It was really cute. She also has her shoes with the bar between them. Yeah, that's not going so well. She was fine for the first couple of nights... but with all the coughing, she hasn't been sleeping well... so the bar is bugging her. Oh well. It has to be done. 

What else... I finally got to meet Tingting this week!!!!!  :)  Tingting was instrumental in us bringing Courtney home, so I was super excited to find out she would be flying through Orlando on her way home from vacation. She came over and spent the morning with us on Monday... we had lots of fun. Katelyn keeps talking about how much she loved playing with Tingting (although, it was more like Katelyn talked Tingting's ear off!!!!). 

Tingting holding Courtney

Would you believe that Courtney has now been with us for SIX MONTHS???? Wow! Courtney has done so well... she has had to make lots of adjustments being one of 4 kiddos, but she has truly flourished. Tingting couldn't believe how well Courtney was doing... and I was super excited yesterday when Courtney called to me while she was in the tub with Katelyn... she was "holding" herself and telling me she needed to go potty. I picked her up out of the tub, put her on the toilet, and she went. To be able to feel it and hold it until getting on the toilet is a big step for any 2 year old... but even bigger for a child who as SB. We knew she had sensation for pooping, but we weren't sure if she could really tell when she needed to go potty. YAY!!!!