Two years ago, September 18, 2012, I was 35 weeks pregnant, laying on an ultrasound table, hearing a doctor tell me words I didn’t understand. Words that scared us… spina bifida, myelomeningocele, neural tube defect, hydrocephalus, disabled, clubbed feet, lemon sign, neural tube surgery, brain surgery, shunt, Chiari Malformation, urology issues, bowel issues, development issues, […]
GO COLTEN!!! Today he made forward movement – a scoot, if you will! Colten just turned 11 months and has been moving around incredibly well using his technique of twisting, rolling, sitting, and more twisting, rolling and sitting. He moves himself all around the living room to get to toys. But today, TODAY he scooted! […]
Bet you were wondering if we would go a whole month without posting… NOPE! Life has been very chaotic around here and I just have not had the frame of mind to sit and blog. As I sit in the older two boys’ room this evening, fighting my third bloody nose of the day, sweltering […]
Lots of randomness in this post. Bear with us! I was perusing some spina bifida related videos on YouTube today and Children’s Hospital of Philidelphia has a wonderful 12-part series about Spina Bifida, from diagnosis to surgery and beyond. This specific one is one of the best descriptive videos about what Spina Bifida is and […]
Sunday night I was taking some pictures of Colten and realized he was holding his head completely differently than before. [PLEASE NOTE: The Bumbo seat, for those that have not heard of it, is an infant seat that has been recalled at various times by the manufacturer after families filed complaints of their children falling […]
We have some appointments down at Mott Children’s in the next couple of weeks – follow-ups with Pediatric Neurology and Pediatric Urology. So before another round of medical posts, here’s just an update on life in general. Those of you that know us know that our family leans a little to the MSU side of […]
The Adventures of Colten Robert 