Well the local newspaper.
We had photos taken for the local paper as you would have read just below and they ended up using one of the pictures from that shoot for the news of my “Local Hero” award. I just LOVE the photo they chose and he looks gorgeous, well of course i think so because i am his mum! 
Ronan is going for his pre op appointment next Monday for his operation coming up. There is no date booked yet but it is all happening. He will be having his tonsils and adnoids removed and to be honest i can’t wait! He is not sleeping the best of late and you can tell that he really struggles at times to breathe whilst asleep. He will be a totally different child once they have been removed. I won’t be able to recognise him without the big black bags under his eyes which he has had for SO long i cannot remember seeing a photo of him without them. He will have bundles of energy which he already has now so look out mum and dad!
I will let you know how his pre op appointment goes and whether we are told when his operation will be. It is a little nerve wracking but i actually feel a lot better about this operation compared to when he had his hernia operation before he left NICU.
Everything is full steam ahead for us and i cannot wait!
Ronan is now walking around everywhere. He occasionally crawls but would prefer to walk. Whilst he is great with walking and his balance is incredible he still faces many hurdles with walking. Being born premature was a fight to begin life and what an amazing journey we have had. Ronan has been attending physio since he was 6 months “corrected” due to low muscle tone due to his premature birth. Ronan has taken a long time to reach many milestones, sitting was the longest one to reach but we finally got there.
Ronan was walking a long furniture for i think 7 months before he finally let go. Those premmie fighting instincts finally kicked in and he was a free man! He took his first step without support at 18 months corrected. To be honest i had no idea how much longer it would be before he would then one day he tried and has never looked back since. It was the proudest moment of our lives to see the look of excitement on his face.
Whilst he loves walking and the more he walks the more exercise his muscles get he still cannot bend his knee’s to pick something off the floor without holding onto support. His muscle tone is once again letting him down and we are forever trying to built that strength up by helping him to walk up stairs which is a real struggle for him.
Winning the “Local Hero” award with my council i hope to help other parents with premature babies around my area. I have a few idea’s in the pipeline and hopefully they come to fruitation but it will be a long process one that i hope premmie babies and their parents will use should their babies have milestone delays.
Ronan still has a long way to go with his walking but each and everyday he is growing and learning so much. What else can a parent of an ex 27 week premature baby wish for?
