It's been about 2 weeks since I've last updated. Nothing of note has really happened which is a blessing. Dinky is slowly gaining the weight back that he lost. 10 ounces doesn't seem like a lot of weight to most "normal" people but for him it was a huge, huge problem. There was talk about needing an NG if he couldn't gain the weight back orally and if that was the case, a G-Tube would have been in the works as an NG is really only for temporary terms according to our Ped. That and Dinky hates them like there's no tomorrow and the last time he had one in he kept ripping them out.
So I'm glad to say that he's just under what he was previously.
April 24th, he was 6.91kg.
April 29th, he was 6.64kg.
April 30th, he was 6.65kg.
May 1st, he was 6.74kg.
May 4th, he was 6.77kg.
May 9th, he was 6.88.
So our Ped is happy and as long as the gain keeps steady a feeding tube isn't in our future!
Now, let me tell you about this really special piece of mail that Dinky received from an amazing young woman on the Island. Her name is Angel and she has a non-profit business called Hugginz by Angel. What she does is she makes blankets for children that are ill or "special needs". She spends time picking out individual fabrics for each blanket, sews them up and spends a few moments hugging the blanket and infusing it with her love.
A few months back I sent in a request for Dinky not knowing if he met her requirements or not and on the request form it asks you for specific interests/colours, so I filled it out with: dragons, pirates (his bedroom has these brilliant painted pictures from an equally brilliant mum friend of mine), and whales/ocean life.
One of my friends on Facebook tagged me in one of Angel's pictures asking me if this blanket was for my Dinky. And it was! It truly, for real, was for him. I was so shocked and in awe that she took the time to make a blanket for him. Not only did she make a blanket that is just perfect for him, but she took the time to fill it with her love and a piece of her heart. When we received the blanket, the first thing I did was wrap him in it and he cuddled down and went to sleep. Included in the box was a Curious George movie, a small travel pillow she had made and a zebra plushie.
Even just writing about it I can feel all kinds of emotions happening and I'm just so overwhelmed at the love people have for one another. So we use his Hugginz blanket every night. Actually, scratch that. We use it all the freaking time. I love it so much that it gets packed around all over the place when we leave the house.
Summer time is a measly few weeks away. Hard to believe that we're already almost into the middle of May. I need to start hounding my Neurologist in regards to when our appointment is in June as we've got our reservations on the Island booked. So many road trips in our future. Terrace some time next month and Vancouver at the end of June...and again in July for an eye appointment and Bio Chemical. So the first time down to Vancouver we're dropping R2D2 off on the Island with my gramma. The second trip down we will figure out a way to get him so that we can bring him home with us. So many road trips I'm starting to plan what we're bringing with us now.
Tink had her assessment done with the Speech Therapist and she said that Tink's perfectly fine. She has 103 words according to the little booklet thing I had to fill out. And that's just what I can actually understand. There are so many garbled could be words I've got no clue what she's trying to say.
But I DO know when she's sassing me. She places her hands on her hips and gets a total teenager look on her face and just rambles. And rambles. And rambles, often leading to her getting mad at me. They say what your toddler is like at 2/3 is what they're going to be like when they're 16.
I'm just going to point out right now, we're screwed..
I've managed to convince Husby I want a small lap dog. So come the end of July I shall start looking around to see what's out there locally/shelters. Our pup is 9 and it's high time we got another dog so that they can see what our family dog is like, thus turning into another one of Remi. I can only hope. Remi is just wonderful. I love that shedding, nasty, constantly needing to be brushed because he's blowing out his coat and it's disgusting as he looks like a poorly sheared lamb with patches of longer thicker fur and sleek summer coat...
The birds and the squirrel love it through! Fur doesn't last long in our yard! By the time he's done shedding he will need to grow in his winter coat, or at least that's what it seems like.
Dinky has cut 5 teeth and is working on his 6th. He had 2 when we went to the hospital on the 24th. I received some Punkin Butt teething oil. I LOVE the stuff!
"Yuck. UGH. Monny, lookit this. YUCK."
...that's my cue to end this now. Who knows what kind of trouble Tink is getting herself into...
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