Doctor Visits, Surgery, and a Surprise

Daddy took Caden to have his kidneys checked out last Wednesday. The kidneys still look the same, so I have no real update there. I do want to say what a big boy Caden was while we were there. He fussed only at a minimum and did everything that he was supposed to do.

Mommy took Caden to his pediatrician, Dr. Krenzer, today for a checkup before his operation on Thursday. He is now 32 inches long (long since he's not walking yet) and weighs about 25 lbs. He had his clothes on which obviously won't weigh very much.

Thursday he will have the second operation to finish bringing down his testicles. This one is going to be intensive. The doctors have scheduled the surgery for 5 hours. I would say that is intensive for a 17 month old. Holly also talked to Dr. Donovan, Caden's kidney doctor, and he said that if they have time they are going to see about trying to fix Caden's reflux. They don't know if they're going to have time, but they said that they will see what happens. They also don't even know if what they are going to try will work. Obviously we'll have to wait and see.

The surprise is what Caden did yesterday while grandma was watching him. She had him sitting on the couch with his book and she went into the other room to get something. When she came back, he wasn't sitting on the couch anymore, he was standing at it!

She has no idea how he got down. She didn't hear any noises or anything. So she stood back and watched him for a little while. He was just playing with his book. And when he dropped it, he would hold on with one hand and bend over to pick up the book only to resume standing and playing with it.

What a big boy!



Until Next time, I continue to ask for and thank you for your prayers.