Wow, what a ride!

I think (knock on wood) that Z is finally starting to feel better. On top of his surgery and all the pain from that, he has 2 molars coming in (bottom 1 year molars). The last 2 weeks have been hell. I am not sugar coating this and don't care to. My boy has been in severe pain, cried non stop for hours and has been truly miserable and hard to be around. We had to tell ourselves...he hurts, he needs us and he can't help it. But I can honestly say that I can see how someone snaps and abuses a child. No I don't approve of it or think that is an excuse but I can see how it happens. Thankfully we were able to see this and step away from him...even if it meant he sat alone in cried. This was a true test for our family. I thought all he went through at 5 weeks was hard on use but this has been horrible.

We think Z has lost 2 to 3 lbs. According to my scale he is down from 21lbs 6 oz to 19lbs 8 oz. The ENT nurse told me repeatedly (yes I called a few times) that this is normal and expected. But she doesn't know my boy and his history. When your child is not even on the growth charts and loses more weight it doesn't feel normal. So today I caved in and called Dr. Kate. She called back and asked me to bring him in tomorrow. People have told me how skinny he looks and we all think he looks longer but really, he looks very unhealthy.

And as the old saying goes...when you do finally call the doc, the child gets better. Today I pick him up from Stephanie's and he says, "Hi". She told me he was really good and he ate! He then asked for a graham cracker and ate 2 on the way home. He ate cheese, taco meat, bread and shared a banana with Harley. He didn't cry much at all. We played and had fun. He played alone and then we read a book and he went to bed! Wow! But we'll see what Dr. Kate says tomorrow anyway. I have a feeling we will be getting him on vitamins.

The good news is that last night I put the boys to bed around 730 or 8. At 930pm Z got up and i brought him to my bed. He went back to sleep. Woke up at 11pm and screamed and cried and was chewing on his fingers. I gave him orajel and tylenol and after 20 min of fighting he went to sleep. He slept until 615am! Wow this is what sleep is like huh? AND...DRUM ROLL PLEASE...HE DIDN'T SNORE!!!! Yep, he didn't snore! I had to check and see if he was breathing. Let's hope all good things are to come. Now we just need to fatten him up a bit!