Christian finally made it through his illness and has (mostly) returned to being his happy, high-energy self. He went to see the surgeon last week for a follow-up visit for the hernia surgery. The surgeon said everything looked A-OK and sent us on our way. He is a fast little healer! The incisions were pretty much healed within a week and now are nothing more than little scars.

He’s been working out with his physical and occupational therapists to improve his range of motion and eating/swallowing. His oxygen needs have been reducing – he’s down to 1/16 liter per minute, and we’re getting ready to move him to 1/32 liter. 1/32 is the lowest setting, and after that he’s on room air! We can’t wait. When he is done with the oxygen tank, not only to we get to lose the oxygen tube, but the wire for the oxygen monitor. Between Calle and Christian we’ve got quite a rat’s nest of tubes and wires.

He’s growing like mad. As we’re updating the website we noticed that when we posted last (earlier in the month) he was 10 lb 14 oz. As of our doctor visit last week he had gained an entire pound, up to 11 lb 14 ox. That’s not too bad considering he’s been sick for a share of the month!