Pluggin' Along

We are now 12 days into our healing phase and we hit a snag. Matthew's top 3 stitches came out...and that top stitch had the knot that held the entire suture line in place. So, the top half of the incision has sutures that are not holding the incision together. Fortunately we are 12 days post op and a lot of healing has already been done. We spoke to the Nurse Practitioner from LCPH and took Matthew to see the pediatrician here in town. She applied steri strips to the entire incision and we are back to not getting it wet. We go up to Stanford on Tuesday for a check up with the surgeon, so they can reassess at that time. What else should I expect from a wild almost 2 year old boy?! Overall he is doing great. Still running a low grade fever but no one is concerned about that. We are all going a little stir crazy. Not being able to be around other kids, go swimming or to the park has been no fun. The doctor didn't want Matthew exposed to anything for the first 2 weeks so we have pretty much been at home. We take the occassional car ride over to A&W for some ice cream, then drive around and let the kids make the car as messy as possible. But hey...it is out of the house no matter how you look at it.

Sami is doing awesome. This is the first summer she has really known how to swim and she is loving it! Everyday the first thing she asks is "when are we going swimming?". We wait until Matthew goes down for a nap and then go outside until he wakes up. She is jumping off the side, doing cannon balls and having tons of fun. Today she went to Papa and Granny's house and jumped off the diving board for the first time! She is turning into a little fish. We can't wait until Matthew can get in again - we can spend all day soaking up the sun and swimming ourselves into blissfull exhaustion! Here are some pics we took the other night of her swimming skills..enjoy!