Just letting ya know that Matthew's first pre-op stuff starts happening September 6th. He will have the "standard" routine pre-op check with our own pediatrician. Children's Hospital has sent the packet we are suppose to get and we should get it by the end of the week. Not only that but they have faxed over to our pediatrician, some stuff for Matthew. So everyone is on the same page. YAY!
Matthew knows he's going to the hospital. Not sure if he knows it's for a surgery though. He may think it's just for a visit, like we've been doing. (with the Craniofacial team) Hopefully, everything will be set to go and nothing will hinder us from keeping the September 10th date.
4 hours of not knowing what is going on with your child..........thinking, wondering, pondering the good (and the maybe not so good)...........man, I want this to happen, but at the same time, it's hard. I don't want to see my son "put to sleep".
It's things like last night that make me think of this. Matthew just all of the sudden, without warning, gave me the biggest hug and said, UP momma. So I picked him up. He just held his head in the crook of my neck and hugged me for the longest time. (ugh.....trying to hold back my tears) Things like that make all the cares of the world just melt away. Everything bothering ya, just melt away........
We are truly blessed with our kids! AMEN!
from the Mommy files
Important dates:
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
A New Iversen! A New Iversen!
Ha! Gotcha, didn't I? LOL
Nope, it's of the four legged kind. My brother had to give away his beautiful English Yellow Lab and we decided to take him. He's a beautiful blond haired, dark eyed, 85 pound boy named Charlie who is VERY docile and VERY, VERY trained. He knows so many commands, it's unreal.
Not sure how the 3 furry little four legged cats will take to him, but he could care less of cats. I'm hoping we can all live and let live without bloodshed. *please Lord*
Charlie has already met the kids at their Aunt Kim's house and the kids LOVE him. He is really good with the kids. He is enough to knock you over with just his tail, much less the rest of him. He's a cutie pie though.
MATTHEW UPDATE:
Matthew didn't have the best weekend. He was stung by a wasp, not once, but apparently twice. Dad removed the stinger. Matt screamed bloody murder, literally. The wasps came out from our walk up ramp from the driveway. 4 of them. Not only that. We dealt with that ok, but this morning, Matthew woke up with one side of his head HUGE!
He was bitten by a bug. Most likely a mosquito? We put meds on it and sent him to daycare as he was fine and jumping around like normal. Well, around 2:45pm, they called. His head was bigger than when he came in. So Daddy took him to the doctor. A bug bite. (yeah, we knew that) He is on Benedryl and Hydrocortisone. If this doesn't get it down soon, we might have to take him in again.
I tell ya, having Chinese children, and mixing bug bites with them isn't a good thing! Mosquito bites leave scars on the kids. I hate it. I really do. We are praying his head goes down. It's the left side of his face. (cleft side, of course) It doesn't hurt him, but it's just big. Looks like he has a mouthful of something on that side. :o)
Anyway............pictures of Charlie and the kids will be forthcoming. Stay tuned!
Ki
Nope, it's of the four legged kind. My brother had to give away his beautiful English Yellow Lab and we decided to take him. He's a beautiful blond haired, dark eyed, 85 pound boy named Charlie who is VERY docile and VERY, VERY trained. He knows so many commands, it's unreal.
Not sure how the 3 furry little four legged cats will take to him, but he could care less of cats. I'm hoping we can all live and let live without bloodshed. *please Lord*
Charlie has already met the kids at their Aunt Kim's house and the kids LOVE him. He is really good with the kids. He is enough to knock you over with just his tail, much less the rest of him. He's a cutie pie though.
MATTHEW UPDATE:
Matthew didn't have the best weekend. He was stung by a wasp, not once, but apparently twice. Dad removed the stinger. Matt screamed bloody murder, literally. The wasps came out from our walk up ramp from the driveway. 4 of them. Not only that. We dealt with that ok, but this morning, Matthew woke up with one side of his head HUGE!
He was bitten by a bug. Most likely a mosquito? We put meds on it and sent him to daycare as he was fine and jumping around like normal. Well, around 2:45pm, they called. His head was bigger than when he came in. So Daddy took him to the doctor. A bug bite. (yeah, we knew that) He is on Benedryl and Hydrocortisone. If this doesn't get it down soon, we might have to take him in again.
I tell ya, having Chinese children, and mixing bug bites with them isn't a good thing! Mosquito bites leave scars on the kids. I hate it. I really do. We are praying his head goes down. It's the left side of his face. (cleft side, of course) It doesn't hurt him, but it's just big. Looks like he has a mouthful of something on that side. :o)
Anyway............pictures of Charlie and the kids will be forthcoming. Stay tuned!
Ki
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Prayers for Matthew's surgery, coming up!!!
Before I forget, in my telling you about the kids, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE lift Matthew up in prayer for us. We are just about at the 3 weeks *mandatory* countdown to his fistula surgery (failed cleft palate surgery failure) and urological issues.
From the MOMMY files:
As the time grows closer, I tell ya, as a mom, it scares the hebbie jeebie's outta me that I will be able to walk with him to the operating table, put him down, and they administer "sleepy" stuff to him and watch him drift off to neverland. So many things run through your mind. Will he wake up? Will something happen? Will he have an allergic reaction? Will he hemorrage? Will something go wrong? Will they find something MORE wrong with him then previously thought?
Oh wow, don't get me started. My mind races, trust me. I need to concentrate on Matthew but at the same time, Rebecca is having a birthday party in just under 2 weeks after Matthew's surgery. I'm trying to get things done beforehand. Even gathering SOFT foods for Matthew, but it's going to be hard. Little Matthew LOVES, and I mean, LOVES food. ALL KINDS OF FOOD! Restricting him to liquids and having him in arm restraints for 3 weeks is NOT GOING TO BE EASY BY NO MEANS! I've also been told that those arm restraints are NOT to come off, even for bedtime! *should get some earplugs now* (note to self, CVS around the corner) :o)
I know that Dr. Murthy (plastic reconstructive surgeon/Craniofacial team) and Dr. Kalloo (the lady urological doctor) are awesome and VERY capable of helping Matthew. I have complete confidence in them, but there's that darn BUT! Prayer. That's all it is to it, prayer.
For 4 hours, on September 10th, at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, starting at 9am I will be doing nothing but praying for Matthew. And I won't stop until he's out of surgery...........which they say will be at least 4 hours later. *You wanna join me? BE MY GUEST!* (Mapquest works wonders)
Ok, I need to stop here. I'm rambling, my thoughts are everywhere and I'm about to cry my eyes out.
Surgery lab work starts in about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks. We truly need for Matthew to have NO FEVERS, no sicknesses, and NO ear infections (which have been quite common since we've brought him home in March 2007). Just no NOTHINGS wrong with him so the surgery will proceed as planned. *trust me, it took awhile for the teams to get together for this surgery, so PLEASE LORD, let nothing hinder it! Please!*
Stay tuned...........
Ki
From the MOMMY files:
As the time grows closer, I tell ya, as a mom, it scares the hebbie jeebie's outta me that I will be able to walk with him to the operating table, put him down, and they administer "sleepy" stuff to him and watch him drift off to neverland. So many things run through your mind. Will he wake up? Will something happen? Will he have an allergic reaction? Will he hemorrage? Will something go wrong? Will they find something MORE wrong with him then previously thought?
Oh wow, don't get me started. My mind races, trust me. I need to concentrate on Matthew but at the same time, Rebecca is having a birthday party in just under 2 weeks after Matthew's surgery. I'm trying to get things done beforehand. Even gathering SOFT foods for Matthew, but it's going to be hard. Little Matthew LOVES, and I mean, LOVES food. ALL KINDS OF FOOD! Restricting him to liquids and having him in arm restraints for 3 weeks is NOT GOING TO BE EASY BY NO MEANS! I've also been told that those arm restraints are NOT to come off, even for bedtime! *should get some earplugs now* (note to self, CVS around the corner) :o)
I know that Dr. Murthy (plastic reconstructive surgeon/Craniofacial team) and Dr. Kalloo (the lady urological doctor) are awesome and VERY capable of helping Matthew. I have complete confidence in them, but there's that darn BUT! Prayer. That's all it is to it, prayer.
For 4 hours, on September 10th, at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, starting at 9am I will be doing nothing but praying for Matthew. And I won't stop until he's out of surgery...........which they say will be at least 4 hours later. *You wanna join me? BE MY GUEST!* (Mapquest works wonders)
Ok, I need to stop here. I'm rambling, my thoughts are everywhere and I'm about to cry my eyes out.
Surgery lab work starts in about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks. We truly need for Matthew to have NO FEVERS, no sicknesses, and NO ear infections (which have been quite common since we've brought him home in March 2007). Just no NOTHINGS wrong with him so the surgery will proceed as planned. *trust me, it took awhile for the teams to get together for this surgery, so PLEASE LORD, let nothing hinder it! Please!*
Stay tuned...........
Ki
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