Can I get a "Woof-Woof?"

A few days ago Oliver lost his glasses for the first time. You saw that coming, didn't you? He was in the backyard playing. One minute he had them on, the next he did not. At first I thought, "OK, they have to be in the backyard, this will be easy." You can laugh right now. What was I thinking? Fast forward 45 minutes later and still no glasses. I was praying wanting one of those supernatural "Aha, I found it!!!" moments. I sort of got one. In the middle of this on-going prayer, by God's grace, I thought of Tucker, my next door neighbor's dog. I knew that sweet dog could sniff out those glasses. So I ran over to my neighbor's house and had Tucker come right over. Sure enough he found them. Hooray doggie! Woof, woof! Where were they you want to know? They were, get this, stuck in the middle of a gardenia bush. Huh? I know, I know, what in the world? Anyway, I wouldn't have found them without the good Lord, a great neighbor and Tucker the cutest Cocker Spaniel.

In other news it looks like Oliver's case won't be presented at surgery conference until the week of June 20th. So we wait. We enjoy summer. We keep our plans and commitments to a minimum. We pray, we pray, we pray. It will come---- a date, a plan, a decision.

On Wednesday we went up on Oliver's meds. His seizures have increased and they are rather nasty. He has had as many as 13 head drops. In plain terms that is very, very bad for his brain. Please keep praying for healing for our little man. We'd love to one day, see our very last head drop!

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In very happy, happy news we got to meet Lexi, my best friend's new baby girl. She is so precious! My BFF is Katie, we've known each other since preschool. We really "bonded" when I bit her so hard that our moms had to meet. I was sort of a wild thing when I was in preschool. Any 4 year old who insists on wearing princess dresses and bites until people bleed is going to be a challenge. Wonder where Oliver gets his "spirit" from?

The kids were really interested in the photos...

Glasses Half Full

Here are the glasses. Cute, huh? They should be for 181 bucks. Yikes! So far he has kept them on fairly well. The question is how long will it take him to break them? Guesses anyone?

OK, time to get honest about the glasses. Expose my vanity. We upgraded to get “cuter” glasses. We were going for more of the nerd/bookworm/extremely high IQ/ Harvard Valedictorian look. I think our mission was accomplished?

Well, y'all...they didn't have the surgery conference Wednesday. Surprisingly, we feel at peace about this timing. I know this might be a surprise but, I am Type A+++. You didn't know that was a "type" did you? Anyway, this isn't normal for me to feel such peace and rest while waiting. It has to be the Lord. I have no other explanation. 

Bookworm

Yesterday I took Oliver to his pediatric ophthalmologist appointment. The good news is there seems to be no damage related to Sabril (a medication he used to take). What the doctor did find is that Oliver has considerable astigmatism so...he needs glasses. Bless his little heart. The doctor said most everything Oliver sees is blurry. We are hoping the glasses might help him with some  issues we've worried about such as, pointing out faces in photos, muscle grading (for example stacking blocks) and walking down steps. If the glasses help any of these issues we'll be thrilled.

We are going today to get fitted for glasses. We think Oliver will make a super cute bookworm! Once we get the glasses we'll post some photos.

The seizures are continuing which means his development is in flux again. Oliver is speaking some but, not as much as he was in the hospital. Sigh. We have our i-pad now, so we are finding apps to try with him. So far, he has responded well to quite a few of them. We're thankful for this technology and what it has meant for many children with language delays. We hope Oliver will be one of the kids who is helped :)