Wednesday, February 22, 2012

In this picture, you may notice the one sock look. Why does this poor child only have on one sock? Well, mom puts on two socks every morning and Memphis immediately pulls off one sock. There is no preference to which foot is sock-less just as long as one is. He says that's how he rolls ;-). Silly little man.

Good News today, Memphis' helmet is working! The Orthopedic Dr. said that the 15 millimeter difference between his left and right sides of his head is now a 12 millimeter difference. This is still a severe malformation, but a step in the right direction. Mom told him that if he stopped taking his helmet off during nap time and sleep time the results would have been greater :-). He has decided that wearing his helmet about 10hrs a day instead of 23hrs is much better.

Memphis is getting great props for all of his hard work from his OT therapist. Mom and Dad can't see that much progress has been made but we see him everyday. The therapist who sees him once a week said that she noticed a big difference from this week and last week. She said "I honestly didn't expect him to have come so far so quick". He is still not eating but IS now accepting toys, spoons, and other various objects to his mouth. He is even accepting a little bit of rice cereal. This is a big feat.

Ohhh tummy time, what are we to do about that?????? Still working on this will little success. Memphis is also working hard to learn how to sit up on his own and roll over.

Is reflux still a problem?? YES everyday multiple times a day. Poor little guy. His doctor has said "we are out of bullets" meaning they have no other medicines to give to try and fix/help the reflux. They are now sending him to a GI doctor. Memphis will see that doctor in March. Maybe they can figure out something?

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