Well, other than seeing his urine bag (from the catheter) peeking out from the bottom of his pants, you wouldn’t know that Colin had surgery to watch him rolling around. We have only been giving him pain medication at night (and probably don‘t even need to do that, but just in case …), and he is moving everywhere. (It’s quite painful for us to watch, but doesn’t seem to bother him in the slightest.)
In the past two days, Colin seems to have really mastered the art of army crawling. He isn’t quite as fast or mobile as Veronica, but he can really get around right now. He uses a combination of rolling and crawling to get from one side of the room to the other. He also seems to be sitting better suddenly, which is encouraging.
Veronica now will follow us from room to room, and come searching for us if we’ve been out of sight for too long. Suddenly, the house is filled with the thump, thump, thumping of Veronica as she crawls everywhere. And opens every drawer and door in sight.
We definitely need to get moving on the baby proofing now.
Colin is supposed to go back tomorrow to get the catheter out and the bandages removed. (So far, the thrice-daily baths haven’t done the trick on their own.) Unfortunately, we didn’t call for the appointment early enough, and missed them on Friday. (Darn day before the holiday and early closing.) So I left a message and hope they’ll be able to squeeze us in. Otherwise, I don’t suppose one extra day will really make that much of a difference.
Then it’s just a matter of watching and waiting to make sure everything heals properly. I suspect we’ll have a couple of follow up visits during the first month to make sure there aren’t any problems, but I don’t know that for sure. I guess I’ll know better tomorrow.
In the past two days, Colin seems to have really mastered the art of army crawling. He isn’t quite as fast or mobile as Veronica, but he can really get around right now. He uses a combination of rolling and crawling to get from one side of the room to the other. He also seems to be sitting better suddenly, which is encouraging.
Veronica now will follow us from room to room, and come searching for us if we’ve been out of sight for too long. Suddenly, the house is filled with the thump, thump, thumping of Veronica as she crawls everywhere. And opens every drawer and door in sight.
We definitely need to get moving on the baby proofing now.
Colin is supposed to go back tomorrow to get the catheter out and the bandages removed. (So far, the thrice-daily baths haven’t done the trick on their own.) Unfortunately, we didn’t call for the appointment early enough, and missed them on Friday. (Darn day before the holiday and early closing.) So I left a message and hope they’ll be able to squeeze us in. Otherwise, I don’t suppose one extra day will really make that much of a difference.
Then it’s just a matter of watching and waiting to make sure everything heals properly. I suspect we’ll have a couple of follow up visits during the first month to make sure there aren’t any problems, but I don’t know that for sure. I guess I’ll know better tomorrow.
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