Upcoming Surgery and Fun at Cabela's

River enjoyed watching daddy play the shooting game

 Grandma and my little cowboy

 Yee Haw!!

Last weekend, when grandma and grandpa were down for their bi-monthly visit, we took River to Cabela's. Cabela's is one of his favorite places to go. He loves to see the fish and all of the taxidermy animals that fill every inch of the store. Grandma found a really cute cowboy hat, doesn't he look cute???

This post is way overdue and a lot has happened since my last post. We had quite a scare with River about a month ago when he had trouble walking. It was very scary! Every time he tried to walk his legs were very shaky and he would take a couple of steps and fall down. He especially had trouble bending down to pick things up. We took him to the pediatrician and they immediately started drawing tons of blood and running tests to see if he could have an infection in his bones or joints. They referred us to a infectious disease specialist the next day to see if she could help. By the time of the appointment he was getting around much better and his troubles walking and bending down seemed to subside. The infectious disease doctor said that all of his blood work came back normal and didn't show signs of inflammation or infection. She wanted us to follow up with the pediatrician if he started having trouble walking again but by the 3rd day, he was back to normal and running all over the place. The doctors still aren't sure what caused him not to be able to walk. It could have been something as simple as a strained muscle or growing pains. He keeps us on our toes, that is for sure and it had mommy very worried!!

River is doing good this week other than having a cold and ear infection. This was his fourth ear infection in 6 months and the pediatrician decided it was time to visit the ENT and see about getting tubes. We went and saw the ENT and she recommended getting tubes in his ears. So he is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, December 14th. We have to admit him the night before and get him hooked up to a dextrose IV because he can't fast. The IV will help keep his blood sugar stable before, during, and after the surgery. Usually with healthy kids, this surgery takes about 30 minutes but with River it is a bit of an ordeal. I am worried that he will need a PICC line because of the amount of dextrose he needs may be too much for his veins to handle. River had a PICC line when he was in the NICU which is a central line run directly to his heart through an artery. It is a lot more difficult to put in than an IV and we run a higher risk of infection. Please pray that the IV will be enough and he will not need the PICC!!! I will try to post an update after surgery and let everyone know how he is doing. He is such a little trooper and I am sure he will do just fine.