I need to upload more pictures to my account... I haven't, for a while, now. Anywho... I just wanted to post a quick update, let everyone know how we're doing.
For the curious, the negation is still working like a charm. I haven't had a single paranormal activity since I last posted about one here. I'm going to continue relying on it until it fails me, and I still have a few secret tricks up my sleeve.
Lex just started back to work this week. Kind of a bummer, that. It was nice having her home all the time... She just started a new schedule, too. 4PM to midnight, Wednesday to Sunday, so if I was ever griping about not seeing her much before, now we *really* won't see each other... >.<
Julian and Valerie are doing mostly well. One of the peds at the office we take Julian to freaked out at some point back in June and insisted that Julian was so far behind, he needed to see therapists to catch him up... This pediatrician was even so "kind" as to enroll us in therapy sessions without notice. I was hopping mad at the time, but Julian absolutely adores the two therapists that come by on Tuesdays and Thursdays to work with him, and he has made amazing leaps and bounds in the past six months, so I'm not complaining anymore.
Valerie was born with a blocked tear duct. The doctors assured us at the time that it was normal, that many children were born with one, and that it should clear up on its own in the next few days. At first, it looked like it was going to. The bulge near her eye continuously shrunk, and her eye was in a constant state of clearing up. Then, after we'd had her home about two days, it rather abruptly turned red, swelled shut, and started oozing a sickly-colored mucous. So Valerie, just like Julian, was rushed back to the hospital less than a week after she was released...
The clog had gotten infected, but the infection hadn't spread at all. To this day, her right eye is still a little misshapen from the clogged duct, and we have to drain it manually several times a day. There is a non-invasive surgery that can be performed, but because she has to be put under general anesthetics, they have to wait until she's 6 months old--so the procedure can't be done until late January. Until then, we just have to put up with it and keep draining her tear duct.
Julian's talking. It almost feels like he's learning a new word every day, lately. Fortunately, "no" hasn't been one of those words...yet. The therapists say he's still a little behind, because he refuses to use more than one word at a time, but in a handful of respects, he's way ahead of his age range... For one thing, he can make the "qu-" sound, whereas most kids are between 32 and 36 months before they can. For another, he understands concepts like "in" and "on", which sets him about 4 months ahead of a lot of other kids. Not bad for someone whose second birthday is two days away...
Just writing to let everyone know I'm still alive, and my family and I are doing well. If anyone needs me, my e-mail is still
[email protected]Take care, everyone, and good luck with the continued fight. If anyone needs any help with anything, feel free to e-mail me, and I'll see what I can do.