Just a couple of days.....

On Tuesday May 4th, Micah will be 9 months old!!! He is such a tough little baby!!! Some days are easy and some days he has had to fight hard, and so far he's winning!!!! He is still WAY smaller than most 9 month old babies, but he is slowly getting bigger and stronger. This is going to be a busy month for him, he has appointments in Boston and here in NH every week this month. It is all to get ready for him next surgery. On the 27th he'll be going back in to the Operating Room to close his Cleft Palate and to place tubes in his ears. Compared to his past procedures, it's a minor surgery but I don't think anyone can say that an operation on their baby is minor. It's always scary. He is a tough little guy and I know God will protect him through it. This surgery will make it so he has suction and will, hopefully, be able to start eating as a normal baby. He should only be in the hospital for a few days, but the last time I was told that he was in the hospital for 3 weeks and again for 5 weeks.

Unfortunately we can't say this is his last procedure. There is scar tissue developing around the leads of his pace maker and it is forcing the pacer box to draw more power from the battery than normal. He only has about a year left of the battery. So they are going to have to go back into his chest to replace the battery and to clear away some of the scar tissue. Thankfully it won't be until maybe the end of this year/beginning of next year. I'd really like to keep my baby home for more than a couple months. I am looking forward to celebrating another birthday with Micah in our home. Isn't is amazing how the months fly by with babies?