Braydens 3rd birthday party

We had Braydens 3rd birthday party today at Kangaroo Jakes. He had a blast despite being a little sleepy. Here are some pics from the party.....What a sweet smile!

Feeling Better Finally

We are finally feeling better after being sick for almost a month. Keeping our fingers crossed that it stays that way. We had a great Thanksgiving and are still working on left overs which we are pretty much done with now. Brayden enjoyed a few bites of some Thanksgiving dinner himself. He hasn't been doing very well with swallowing since being sick. We put up the Christmas tree and Brayden loves it. He loves the lights. Brayden's birthday is sneaking up on us. He will be 3 on Dec. 8th. When he turns 3 Babies can't wait program (they do all of his therapies) will no longer be seeing him and he will be transitioned into the school system. Since he has special needs he can start pre-k when he is 3. We have decided to send him to a special pre-k where he can get some therapy there and also be around other kids (he will love that part). Hoping that he can just stay well enough to go school more often than not. Hopefully he will be starting in Jan after Christmas Break. Not much else going on here. Getting ready to get back to therapies after being sick for so long and catching up with missed doctors appointments.

Have been feeling too crummy to post lately

Wearing a mask at doctor's office so I don't pick up any other sickness floating around there.

Brayden is sick again this is the third time being on antibiotics since we got back from our trip to Miracle Mtn. Recurring Strep and sinus infections. I don't know how someone so small can have so many secretions. We are hoping this time the antibiotics work. Brayden has been fussy and coughing, coughing, coughing. But, 1 good thing is that his lungs sound clear so, it is all upper respiratory stuff.

I have also been sick for about 1 month. I went back to the Dr. today and found out I have pneumonia. Between me and Brayden one of us is always coughing. Nothing much else has been going on beside us being sick. We really haven't gotten to do any therapy or much of anything. Hope we are feeling better soon especially for Thanksgiving. Evan and Kaitlyn are out of school all that week so got to get feeling better soon!

Happy Halloween

Glad to be home

We are glad to be home! We have been home since late Tuesday night. We drove home right after our last session. We had a pretty good trip home except Kaitlyn getting car sick from all of the curves going through the mountains. The kids were out for fall break so they came up to see us and stayed for our last days at Miracle Mtn. We have just been getting some rest and getting things in order here since being gone for over 3 weeks. We had a good trip this time. Brayden was very good during the sessions and he did not get sick this time. He was glad to be home and so was I. He was excited to see peanut and his nurse Debra. It's so good to be home. We have already seen some small changes going on with Brayden too. This was our 3rd time doing 40 Hyperbaric oxygen treatments. He has been using his hands more and moving his fingers a lot. He has been more verbal too, not really saying anything but making lots of sounds. It doesn't sound like much but, to us it is. We hope to see more.

HBOT going well

We have done 22 hbot sessions so far and everything is going well. Brayden has been excellent. We both have both been really sleepy and sleeping a lot. We have met some other very nice families while here and some really awesome kids. We started doing the Oxy-Sound Harmonics (Auditory Integration Training) this week. We are at the center for our 1 hour session of hbot and then 30 minutes of sound; we do each one twice a day. Brayden has been making some more sounds than usual, no words but a lot of jabbering going on. Brayden has enjoyed going outside in the afternoons and he enjoys seeing the cat that has been coming to visit us outside. We cant wait to go home. We miss being home and Brayden misses his Bubba and Sissy. Here are a few pics that we have taken.

Doing HBOT at Miracle Mountain

We made it to Miracle Mountain. We had a good trip with Brayden sleeping most of the way here. He was entertained watching his Nick Jr. cartoons when he wasn't sleeping. Sure beats the days of when he wouldn't even ride in a carseat without trying to stand on his head. We are doing another 40 sessions of HBOT here at Miracle Mountain. Other than being worn out from packing the whole house...lol, driving here, unpacking the house and then going to walmart for groceries, we are doing good. The weather is much cooler here though, we had to wear our jackets tonight. Brayden has been in a good mood all day and didn't even fuss while we were at Walmart. I will update with some pics as soon as I find where I put the camera. We hope everything goes well on this trip. We hope the 3 weeks and 2 days we are here flys by. Hopefully Evan and Kaitlyn will get to come visit us.