Dylan now has 4 teeth with a 5th tooth soon to make an appearance. He slept 11 hours last night which was quite surprising since he hasnt slept through the night for a long time. We had a couple of good months where he was consistently sleeping through but when he hit 6 months he started waking for feeds during the night again. Although Dylan had a great nights sleep JP and I did not. JP kept waking me every hour to ask me whether I thought Dylan was sick. He wanted to wake him but I wouldnt let him. Eventually at 7am this morning I had to wake him because even I was starting to get worried. Well – he is fine. He has been eating, pooing and sleeping like a champ. Today for the first time ever he rolled from his back to his stomach and back again. He has been rolling to his stomach for awhile now but could never roll back but today he did. He is also getting up on his knees. Can you tell I’m excited ?
My nephew is still quite sick in hospital but showing small signs of improvement. He still has diarrhea but he is staying awake alot more and has even managed to eat a piece of toast and keep it in. I will be going to visit him tonight. The doctors asked whether there were any other bowel problems in the family. I remember when Alex was operated on to fix his diaphragm that the surgeons saw something on his intestines that they said was not life threatening but may have needed to be fixed sometime in the future. We chose not to allow them to do an autopsy after Alex died so we dont have the exact name of what it was but Im pretty sure I remember them saying that he had a meckels diverticulum. It doesnt sound like my nephew has this but I will give my sister this info to tell the doctors just in case. It seems like he just has a very severe case of gastro and he just became too dehydrated which is why he is taking so long to recover. They have tested him for all sorts of things including leukaemia but fortunately everything has come back clear.
It has occurred to me that I havent got any pictures up yet of Dylan so I will try and add one now. Forgive me if it doesnt show up. I am new to these spaces and am still working my way around.
