Santa pic

I added more Christmas pics since Christmas got away from me. I decided here was as good as any place to put them. Spring seems much more calm so far.

Logey bear in his Christmas PJs.

The big boys enjoying some Christmas "sprite"--okay, so it's really sparkling apple something or other.

Big boys with their Nativity they painted for Tia Pancha

Leave it to my boys to have to pee outside while looking at Christmas lights.

Our family while looking at Christmas lights. Pay no attention to the scary looking mom there.

We didn't do the mall Santa this year since I didn't want to expose Logey to so many germs. But, we found one at the Night of Lights we go to every year. So, we had to get a Santa pic. This is probably going to be the only one for a while where no one cries. I'm sure Logey will probably cry next year.

waiting in line for the bouncy house. it was so cute, they were hugging unasked. a rare occurrence lately.

posing for a pic at the "wishing well"
Santa and the little people

Jaden mad waiting in line. Lately he crosses his arms and says, "That's it! I quit."

Logey bear in the hospital with peritonitis. we had some clowns come to visit.

Post hernia surgery update

Bear and Dr Zia (His NICU dr--we saw him in the hallway and had to say hi)

Santa was in the cafeteria a few hours after Logey bear's surgery so we needed a pic

crashed before surgery somehow pics came out backwards, oh well.

Playing with the toy looking like such a big boy!

Logey bear's surgery went well. We got there Tues and hooked him up for dialysis. Annoyingly enough I forgot his drain bags so I had to call the dialysis nurse on call first. : ( Poor Geraldine had to come out in 40 degree weather after she just got home from work to bring them. Well, I guess it's good because we're going out of town for a week in January and now I know I won't forget anything, LOL. Surgery was Wed morning. We were waiting forever because they had to access his mediport and it takes a special nurse to do it. But, once he got in he was only in surgery for about an hour or less. Though, when your kiddo is in surgery the darn clock NEVER ticks, or so it seems. He woke up super quick after Dr Almond came in to talk to us. We got some not wonderful news from Dr Almond after the surgery. Logan doesn't have a vas deferens on the left side. Since the left side is the side that he does have the kidney on there is a good chance he doesn't have one on the right either. What this will mean for him is that he may not be able to have children. There is not technology at this point to collect sperm without one. But, in 20 years, who knows. Okay, I looked it up and take that back, LOL.

[treatment

If the vas deferens are absent surgery cannot correct the problem, however there are surgical options to retrieve sperm from the body. MESA (microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration) is a procedure that retrieves sperm from the epididymis. A testicular biopsy can also be performed to retrieve sperm for use in IVF and ICSI to assist fertilization. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is the preferred assisted reproductive treatment. ]

Anyway, also this is sometimes an indicator of cystic fibrosis. : ( At this point they've told us not to worry about it. Though, since his PKU did show a positive for cystic fibrosis and he has had a sweat test come out positive, it's a bit hard for a mama not to worry. Those are a lot of coincidences.

He did do great with the surgery. Afterwards he wanted to play really quickly and he hasn't shown too many signs of discomfort. I swear, little people are so resilient because if I had surgery even a simple one like this I would not want to be up and crawling around and trying to learn to walk. Well, onto the pics. : )

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UPDATE to my UPDATE--Logey bear is doing great 4 days after surgery--has it seriously only been 4 days???? that's nuts. He weighed in at a whopping 16 lbs 11 oz. WOW! that's like a 2 lb gain in 2 weeks. Thank God for his appetite being back and also for the one can of pediasure every night. It is making a big difference. I was reluctant to add it on but it hasn't taken anything away from our nursing relationship. In fact, it's just making me enjoy life a little more since I'm not pumping all darn day. Have I mentioned that I hate pumping?

Sweet mama

My friend Regina is hosting a fund raiser for our family. It was so sweet of her to do. She is extremely generous and if anyone is wanting to try some cloth diapers, you get a free one for practically every donation. I still don't feel as if we're one of "those" families that needs donations but then looking at impending bills and Christmas coming up, I guess we are. Anyway, just wanted to post this here, not necessarily to solicite donations but more to highlight a mama with a great store.

http://www.babeerockz.com/item_326/Logans-Story.htm