27th Update

It has been a few weeks since my last update. Shortly after I wrote the last update Samuel came down sick and had to be put on antibiotics, steroids, a Bronchodialator, and nebulizing treatments. Samuel was very sick this round and it lasted about two weeks. During his illness he developed a wheeze in his lungs. The concern that this brings up is that when babies develop a wheeze there is a tendency for it to reoccur. He has recovered fairly well this time, and his 2 storming episodes were somewhat minor in comparisons to his previous ones, though they were much closer together than is typical. As you may have guessed, Samuel was unable to attend the family christmas part due to being sick and not able to travel.

Aside from being sick Samuel has continued to do well and has not had any major upheaval in his life or body. He is continuing to grow, in weight more than height. Though Samuel’s length is still in the tenth percentile, he has maintained this growth rate instead of continuing to decline. He now is 19 pounds 11 oz and wearing size five diapers, his two year old sister Elianna is still in size threes.

Samuel has a new speech therapist that he responded well for on her first day last week. He seemed very focused and tried to move his eyes and follow the lights she was showing him. We hope that he continues to do well with her and that he will strengthen his eyes which we believe are very hard for him to move and follow people with.

We continue to ask prayers for Samuel’s brain development and healing. In addition we would like to ask prayers for Samuel’s sister Elianna who has recently undergone her eye surgery and is in pain and discomfort. The surgery went as well as it could, and now we must just wait and see what happens.

May God Bless,

Kaitlyn