Saturday, September 26, 2009

Thursday and Friday at the Doctors...

Thursday morning (9-24) Carson woke up with no (I mean absolutely no) color in his face, not even his lips, he was chalky white...very scary. The first thing we checked was his O2 levels, they were fine, he was at about 93%. We took his temp. 102 axillary, pretty high. He had also been having diarrhea the last few days. (We did not think much of it as we had been giving him pear juice.) We called his pediatrician, she of course wanted to see him. We spent 2.5 hours there, checking blood and flu. His white blood count was sky high, normal is between 5-7 Carson's was 31!! He has a major infection of some kind in his body. The pediatrician wanted to admit him to the hospital right away. We of course did not want to do this, so we opted for some tests at Children's Mercy. They tested him for N1H1, did a stool test, blood cultures and chest x-ray. The chest x-ray came back negative for pneumonia. We do not have the results from other tests. They gave him a Rocephin shot at the dr, and put him on Tamiflu and Amoxicilin. Carson's white blood count was down to 10 on Friday. Thank the Lord, we did not have to be admitted and he recovered as fast as it came on. Though we are not sure what the infection was. I will post what the other test results were when we get them.

Friday, September 18, 2009

update

We have been busy...here are some updates.

Last Saturday, Nana, Jen, Carson and I made the trip to Wichita to cheer Julianna on in her volleyball games.  Here are some pics, we had a great time, Carson was very vocal and loved cheering his cousin on.  He did have ear plugs in because as you know, the gym gets very loud.


The nutritionist came to check on Carson and how he was doing with the increased food.  He is growing and a lot...he know weighs 31 pounds 8 ounces and is 34 inches tall.  He is doing great!!!  We also got a new chair for Carson.  It is called a Versa Form, it starts as a square bean bag and you form it how you want and suck out the air so the beans then do not move.


We took Carson to the dentist today to see if they could help us with his teething.  Since Carson does not use his teeth he is having a very difficult time cutting teeth.  He has been trying to cut his K-9 teeth for over 6 months know.  They are swollen to larger than peas and black and blue.  So painful, the dentist said that all looks normal, he said what we are doing is all we can.  We are going to use the frozen teething rings more, this will help break the teeth sooner.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Labor Day Outing...

We had no kids to watch for the Labor Day.  So we decided to get a group together and go to the  Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.  There were 4 total families and Carson's nurse, Jen, in our party.  We had a great time...when we first arrived the fog was just beginning to clear and things were still covered in dew.  So beautiful!!  Carson did awesome and we even caught him opening his eyes behind his glasses.  He felt many new textures, heard new noises, and smelled new smells.  He had so much new stimuli that you would think he would have had extra seizures, in fact it was just opposite...he did not have one seizure while we were in the Arboretum!!!  Maybe on the days we are at home and he has many seizures, he is just bored?!?  In the pictures below see the beautiful wild life; frog, flowers, web.  Also see if you can pick Carson out of the jungle.  We had an amazing morning!!!

Love- The Bowman's







Friday, September 4, 2009

Fun Times...

We are having fun today!!!  Carson woke up in the best  mood, just talking and looking around and his Bowman smirk smiles!!


Thursday, September 3, 2009