The very first day Landen was home with the body cast he began pulling himself around on the floor! I really wasn't surprised, I just didn't expect it right away! He sure doesn't let ANYTHING stop him! He is a very determined and tough little guy! Landen hasn't eaten very well since his surgery. However, this was starting to become a slight concern before surgery. He still eats, just sometimes he doesn't seem interested or eat very much. Mainly I feel like it is an issue with quantity and figuring out how much food he actually needs. Sometimes its hard to determine what he needs and to figure out if we base his needs on his age or his size.
Unfortunately, Landen got really sick just five days after his surgery. He couldn't keep anything down and could not eat. Poor little guy, he has been through so much! :( We had to take him to the doctor twice and ended up in the ER on the 7th day. Thankfully he was not dehydrated. We were so worried he was after not keeping anything down, except pedialyte and not eating for an entire week! The pedialyte was working thankfully! They think he has rotavirus and we are waiting on test results to confirm that. After about 10 days he finally started feeling better, he began eating and keeping it down and started to be much happier! :) It is such a relief to see him getting better! However, a body cast and virus DO NOT go together! :( We have worked so hard to keep it clean but it has been nearly impossible! We are communicating with the staff at Nemours about getting it changed possibly. Regardless the cast will be changed twice during the four months. The first cast change is scheduled for Jan. 5th. We will see if we can wait that long!
Brayden has done really well with Landen! He refers to the cast as "castle!" He is a GREAT big brother. I love to watch Brayden and Landen together...there love for each other is so obvious!
Brayden started getting sick last night, please pray its not what Landen had and that he is better soon!
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