BEST DAY EVER!

Today truly was the best day ever. Today was the day I have been looking forward to for the last year. Today was the day Tytan finally got his G-tube removed. It really is still surreal to me. I can't believe this time has finally come. We went to his G.I doctor on Monday hoping and praying that he would finally agree to let us get it out. After a lot of begging on my part he reluctantly agreed. Tytan hadn't gained as much weight as he was hoping for but at least he was back on the weight chart. So after doing a little happy dance I half ran out of the doctor's office before he could change his mind. I immediately had to call Peter at school and tell him the good news. The following day (yes I scheduled the Surgeon for the next day just in case we got lucky at the G.I.'s office) bright and early we headed over to our Surgeon's office. Tytan was beside himself with excitement the second I told him we were going to see his fav. surgeon to get his pesky G-tube removed forever. He kept repeating G-tube away forever mommy, over and over as if it couldn't be true. The procedure was surprisingly fast and simple. It took a total of 2 minutes to remove his tube. Break down of how they did it (for those of you that care) First they had to remove all the water out of the balloon in the back of the tube. Next they pulled the tube out. yes that easy. After the tube was pulled out there was a small hole that let you see into his stomach. They had to quickly seal this hole so none of his stomach contents could spill out. The Doc. took what she called spackling and filled in the hole, a.k.a. sticky glue. She placed gauze pads and a large bandage to hold it all in place. We can take the bandage off in two days. When we take it off if he has stomach leakage we just put more spackling in the hole and bandage it all up again. I know it sounds kind of gross but I am just way too excited to think about that. His G-tube is really gone. I know I sound like the G-tube was the worst thing ever but honestly without it he would have been a very sick little boy. He was so severely under weight. He completely refused to eat so in a way this annoying little tube saved his life. I always am complaining about it just because it caused Tytan so much pain. It stuck off his stomach so far that it was ALWAYS getting caught on everything. It was always bleeding and leaking stomach bile. He could never wear a light colored shirt because the goo from the g-tube would stain the shirt. So now my love/hate relationship with his g-tube is finally over. Tytan still works with a feeding therapist once a week and hopefully before long his weight will be where it needs to be and he will be the best eater. for now all I really care about is that his tube is gone for good.

Fun weekend

We had a busy but very fun weekend. Thursday night Peter's school had a Dinner Party at Salty Senioritas. Tytan had a bast playing with his best friends Peyton and Ryder. It was nice to get out of the house and get a free dinner. Friday night Peter's parents took all of their kids out to the melting pot. It was my first time going and was just as great as I've always heard. Since there were eight of us we kept switching chairs to try out the next pot. We all had a really amazing time. It was the first time I had to leave the boys with a babysitter that wasn't family. I was a little nervous but surprisingly they did awesome. Besides the fact they were still awake when we got home after nine thirty. I guess they both decided they wanted to wait up for us. Thank you so much Sandi & Curtis for a super fun night. Sunday we headed of to Gilbert for baby Graham's baby blessing. My brother Troy and his wife Emily have the cutest little man. He looked so cute in his blessing outfit and Troy gave a great blessing. After church we all headed off to their house for a little party and dinner. Thank you Emily for a great day. This was the best weekend because I didn't have to cook dinner three times this week. Sorry I didn't get any pictures of cute little graham.