I have decided to enter the blogging world to keep family and friends updated on our journey. I have found strength in others' blogs about their Dandy-Walker experience, and I hope to help others.
Merry Christmas, Friends! While waiting for the kiddos to rise, I thought I'd update you all about my greatest gift: Ian's health. (And, yes, my father reminded me to do so.) Ian continues to do well. He is extremely active and loves to do all things little boy. He is super sweet, too. His speech has taken off. I can't even begin to count the number of words he has, and he is speaking in phrases and short sentences. When he gets a gift from someone he excitedly says, "What is it?!?!" before opening it and shouts, "Thank you, Merry Christmas!" I can tell that his speech isn't quite as developed/strong/clear as some of the children he attends daycare with, but he sure is getting there. He complains about his eyes hurting about once a day, so we will have to have them checked, but he doesn't seem to be suffering from headaches or anything at this point. He isn't shunted because there wasn't any fluid issues before, but perhaps he's experiencing some sort of discomfort. It's times like these that I wish he hadn't been discharged completely from neurology. It would just give us peace of mind to have yearly check-ins and someone to quickly report eye complaints, etc. to. I know that's a pretty easy phone call and request, so I'll do that soon. Otherwise, we're just taking it one day at a time and thanking God for our many blessings. Merry Christmas and may 2014 bring you peace and good health.