Carter's Story

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This blog is a look into the life of our nearly six year old little boy, Carter. When I was just six months pregnant, an ultrasound detected that Carter's brain was missing its corpus callosum and he also had hydrocephalus. Doctors even told us that our little boy may not walk, talk, etc... but abortion was never a choice for us because we firmly believe that God does not make junk. We look at Carter now and praise God for the miracle he is! Carter loves to play, and he CAN walk and talk! Carter is continually proving himself to us, to our families and to his teachers. I have been priveleged to be able to stay home with Carter, Camden and Elliana since November of 2006 when Carter was born. I am so thankful I am here to hold his hand and face his challenges right along side of him. A mother's love only grows, this I know. Some days may be challenging but always worth it at the end of the day.

Carter

Carter
Born November 20, 2006

Friday, February 19, 2010

Update on Carter & Camden

I am able to have some time to update the blog today..Carter is sleeping and Camden is on the floor entertaining himself (trying to crawl!)...Things have definitely gotten better since the last time I blogged about Carter..the medicine 2 weeks ago was still 'if-y"...Now- it seems to be working, or atleast helping. He doesnt make his noise quite as much, doesnt seem to be dizzy as much and just seems to be more like himself..which is such a relief.
His PT, Barb, saw him today for the first time in 3 months and the first thing she noticed was his height! YAY for Carter growing! She was impressed by his physical gross motoring also and didnt really give us much homework... :) She does want us to work on Carter and steps though, holding his hand while going up and down with him..
We went to Sioux Falls last thursday for his Pediatric Endocrinologist appt with Dr Karmazin at Sanford Childrens clinic..that went well. Carters level was 4.95 and the cutoff is 4.94..The doctor told me that because he has been growing (1 1/2 inches since August) that we dont need to put Carter back on synthroid...we would simply just be treating a number. If I see in a few months that hes acting sluggish or any other of the classic thyroid symptoms, we can get his levels rechecked locally, but otherwise we dont have to go back to him for a year!
Camden- Camden is really becoming a little man! His personality is certainly coming out..Getting opinionated with what he eats...he just wants whatever we are having...not any of that meat stuff that comes in a jar! :) lol So far Cam has had bread, ground beef (small!!), chicken (small!!), banana, and spaghetti-actually angel hair noodles! He loves all of that too! He chomps with his ONE tooth so cute too. Camden is also trying to crawl...He gets on all fours-rocks, and moves ahead a couple steps....so he is SO close..Its definitely fun to watch him try and figure it out. Carter didnt crawl til, well, he was well over a year old because of all the obstacles he has had to overcome..
Carter and Camdens relationship is seeming to develop more lately also, which is so great to see. Just today Carter took his bread and broke off small pieces (like he sees me do!) and was giving them to Camden...He also tried to give him a drink of water and the list goes on.
Cody and I have been discussing the possibility of a 3rd child lately...If its even an option with our vehicle and house..Hey, its good to first talk about this, right? I still want to a girl someday, we will just have to see if that could/would happen!
More to come later! God Bless, Jess :)

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