We have been home for a month. It is pretty amazing.
Thursday and Friday we had the joy of driving down to Grand Rapids for doctor appointments. Thursday we had an ultrasound to check Ezra’s shunt. After we got Ezra’s head all gelled up and looked at, we headed over to the neurosurgeon’s office to see how he was doing. Well Ezra is doing great. His shunt is still working and we don’t have to see him again for 3 months. Yay.
Friday we had an appointment with Orthopedics. It was our first one since Ezra was in the NICU. I was looking forward to the appointment to see how Ezra’s legs are doing. Since he doesn’t move them I wasn’t sure if anything needed to be done.
The ortho thought his legs looked great and we don’t need to do anything. We talked about somethings that will come up down the road. Basically lots of initials, AFO’s, RGO’s etc. but for now he still gets to just be a baby. We also talked about Ezra’s spine. He has a pretty large bump on his back where the opening was in the spine. We talked about surgery options to help him, because it is so prominent it could cause other problems. But again, that is something that doesn’t need to be figured out for a couple years. She also said we don’t need to be seen for 3 months.
That means we don’t have another appointment down in Grand Rapids until May for Urology. I am pretty excited. We just have the normal baby check-ups. We do start Physical Therapy this week, but they come to our house for that.
The boys had a long two days of driving back and forth.
But we are home for at least a little bit.