Is the scale broke?

15 pounds is what Tobias weighed in at today at the surgeon's office. 11 days ago, he was weighed at 13 pounds 5 ounces which is 27 ounces less. That would make his weight gain more than 2 ounces a day. I don't know. My mind is having trouble believing that's possible. But he IS looking big and plump and giving the doctors the "catch up" growth they wanted. So good news. He is recovering well from the surgery and is a lot more comfortable since the swelling has had time to go down. He is also completely off reglan (O, happy day) and has received permission to try stopping the other 2 reflux drugs one by one. We are thanking God for the good results from the surgery.

Toby also saw his pulmonologist. He has been battling a cough and cold for the last week and it has started to move into his lungs a little bit. She is giving him another course of steroids and extra breathing treatments and sounds hopeful that he can get past this without anything more serious developing. More good news.

In the true confessions category, I will mention that Toby DID have a trip to the emergency room Friday evening. There was absolutely nothing wrong him, however. I just grabbed a pair of scissors in a moment of frustration and struggle with a piece of tape- and snipped a hole in his g-tube. 5 seconds to make the mistake, 5 hours to fix it. He had to have a new tube put in. The surgical site is not yet healed so even the ER doctors could not replace it but had to call the surgeons in. How do YOU spell embarrassment? Toby's pulmonary nurse walked into the room today, looked at me and said, "measure twice, cut once". Yes, that little incident is part of his medical record now and there for all to enjoy. So smile along with us- and thank God with us that He continues to protect Toby from serious illness . . . and from his mother.