Update on My Boys

It's been an interesting two weeks in the Conner household. We started off with Ian's ear surgery and then proceeded to Charlie being hospitalized for 9 days. Mommy's kinda tired....but it's getting better.

Ian is doing great. We visited Dr. Vaidya today for a re-check on his ears. The tubes are in, working properly, no fluid behind them and no infection. Yeah!! He did OK on his hearing test, but he gets so distracted by / focused on the blocks they give him to keep him still he doesn't seem to pay much attention to the sound. We're not noticing any hearing problems at all. We'll keep a close eye on him and if we suspect problems, we'll set up another test with Dr. Vaidya. Since the surgery, he's been a much happier kid. He now loves "splash days" at daycare. Today Miss Stacie said that he sat right in the middle of the sprinkler and got soaked. When they first started splash days, he'd just sit in the grass and watch. He didn't want to get wet. Which surprised us since he LOVES bath time. He is standing on his own now without support for about 5-10 seconds. We think he'll start walking / running soon. He cruises everywhere and today at the doctors office he decided to crawl up the stairs. He doesn't quite know what to think about Daddy being a little disabled right now. He's adjusting, but it's hard for him.

Charlie is doing better. He's been home since Tuesday afternoon. He has a PICC line and gets IV antibiotics 3 times a day. The nurses taught us how to administer it at home. He does well with that. He has lots of doctors appointments on Monday and Tuesday, then he's planning to go back to work on Wednesday. This illness really took a lot out of him. He was really, really sick. He's on the mend now. He, too, is finding the changes in the way he has to play with Ian difficult. With the arm that has the PICC line, he can't lift more than 10 pounds. No lifting Ian. He can sit in the floor with him and let him crawl all over him, or hold him in the chair...but if Ian gets down he can't pick him back up. Hopefully he will only have the have the IV antibiotics another 2 weeks. His arm looks great. It's almost back to it's normal size.

Our friends have been wonderful through this entire illness thing. Members of our Sunday School class are bringing dinner to us right now. That is such a blessing. It's nice to know that I don't have to think about coming home and cooking. We are truly blessed with a great group of friends!!!

I think both of my boys are on the mend. Thank goodness. Thanks to everyone for their prayers, support and help through all of this madness. Please continue to pray for complete healing for Charlie (we hope that he never has another staph infection).

Monday we do our final post placement visit with our social worker, Gayle. We're sad...Gayle is leaving Dillon and returning to the Foster Care system. It's a good move for her, but we'll sure miss her being at Dillon. However....she does go to our church, so we'll get to see her and she'll be a part of Ian's life. Gayle...if you're reading this....we love you!!!!

We have also contacted the attorney to begin the finalization process of our adoption. Hopefully that will happen sometime in late August or September....whenever we can get a court date. Woo, hoo!!!

We found out this week that Anju (the director of the orphanage in India) will be attending Dillon's India Heritage Camp. I'm excited to see her again and I can't wait for her to see Ian. She's going to be so happy!!!

This tired mommy is heading to bed....