Owen Gandy: November 2014

Owen is 14 months old!! He has been keeping busy with trips to Dallas, doctor visits, therapy and visiting dad on the farm! He is around 18.5 pounds and gaining pretty steadily, but the doctor is still keeping a close eye on him.

October 17th, we went to Dallas to get a new helmet since Owen had grown out of his first one. The new one looks so much bigger. Since we have been home with the new helmet Owen has not seemed too comfortable in it and it probably didn't help that he was sick the first week with fevers and an upset stomach. We are very thankful that it wasn't anything respiratory since his lungs are still very fragile.

Two months ago we started bringing Owen to a Chiropractor, and we are really glad that we did. We came to this decision because Owen would scream if you put him on his tummy, so we decided that something had to be hurting him. Sure enough his neck would not hyperextend, it was even hard for him to hold his head up straight. with in two visits Owen was rolling onto his tummy (on his Own!!!) and not screaming!! It was a miracle! It continues to improve every treatment and we are so grateful!!

We saw his ENT that specializes in Cranial reconstruction and he did not see a huge improvement with his head according to the measurements that he took and suggested that we see that neurosurgeon, which we are scheduled to do early December. He did say that he rarely does cranial surgery on babies with out early fusion so he is not thinking that we will go that route. The neurosurgeon will give his opinion if he thinks that there is still pressure on Owen's brain. We are praying that there has been a big enough change in his head to relieve the pressure that there was.

We must be very careful now when putting fingers inside of Owen's mouth since he now has 4 teeth!! and it also looks like two more on the way!!

Owen has been working really hard with his many therapists. He is getting closer and closer to crawling and is also loving to walk around with Mommy and Daddys help! Owen is eating solids better, he has started to pick up 'finger foods' and feed himself We are still working on teaching him how to chew bigger foods, but that will come with time. Lately it seems like he is adding more and more 'tricks' like waving, knocking, playing with his brother PJ and walking!!!

Last week we went to see the Ophthalmologist to get his eyes checked. He got his glasses 7 months ago and his eye has gotten a lot worse since then. The Doctor gave us a new prescription and they have made a big difference already. Owen is now enjoying books for more then just an afternoon snack and interacting a lot better with everyone. We are hoping that this will really help him with his fine motor skills as well!!!

In the next 2 months we will be seeing High Risk, Neurosurgery, immunologist, ENT and our normal Pediatrician, chiropractor, and therapists.