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November
2008
He is a healthy robust little 12 month old!!! All is good with his development, growth etc etc.
We has to go back at the end of summer for us to come up with his management plan for winter and his wheeze. Dr is quite confident that now it is much warmer the wheeze will stay away but if it does rear its ugly head we are to see him sooner. He did say odds are pointing that it is asthma but wants to reassess in march, also to keep an eye on his milestones to make sure he is still reaching them. Also wants to hold off on the flixotide for the time being, give his body a chance to see what it is going to do on its own (keeping in mind he isn’t quite 11 months corrected yet)
And no bloods. He looks quite good and the Dr is quite sure that his iron levels should be ok, checked in his eyelids to see if they are pale or nice and pink. They are nice and pink.
So it is a relief for the time being. I am really worried about next winter. He said it will be one of 2 cases. A) he will have outgrown it and have a trouble free winter or B)The sh!t will hit the fan and he will needs lots of support to get through it
Great, i was hoping that there would be an in between!
Posted: 2008
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November
2008
Where do I even begin to start, how can I put my feelings into words. Truly I don’t think I can
What an adventure, a journey like no other. It has been a year of highs and lows, thankfully the highs greatly outnumber the lows.
Here we are 12 months on, you would never think that Ethan was born early or faced the hurdles he did just a short time ago.
Having Ethan has given me a whole new perspective on things, a new understanding on life I guess you could say. I am ever grateful for each and every moment I have with him, with all our children. They truly are a blessing, even when they are driving me insane with fighting/complaining/whinging.
Now we start a whole new year, a whole year that will be full of more firsts, joy, triumph and I am sure there will be some more lows. What family doesn’t have low points!
I know I want to write more but the words just aren’t coming to me, I just want to snuggle up to him and give him a great big kiss. I wish that I could go back and make everything ok, there is no way I could change anything but nor would I want to change one little thing about him. But I am sure people know what I mean. It still hurts that I didn’t get to cuddle my newborn when he was born, that I didn’t get to see him until the day after he was born, that my first cuddle was snuck in on day 4 and it was for a grand total of just 5 minutes.
But that is all in the past, and whilst I know I will never get over it (yes you know who you are out there who tell Mums like myself to get over it!!) but the memories will be overshadowed by all the good things that happen. While they will still be our memories of when Ethan was born they wont hurt so much, the wounds will heal and while there will still be that scar the pain will have gone away a little bit more.
Now for some birthday photos of our little champion
Posted: 2008
