Thanksgiving "Trailride"

Look Gramps, no hands....wait...what I really mean is look, Gramps is not using his hands. Greyson is holding on and in charge (sort of) while Flo follows Gramps around the corral.

G LOVED it and got his first lesson on clicking his tongue to let Flo know it was time to go and how to pull back on the reigns to get her to stop.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Brooke

The Shoe Influence

Daddy's shoes are perfect with the overalls.

I guess if Michael wears flip flops to take the trash out G would think he had to as well.

Brooke

Cracking Us Up

This boy just doesn't quit. He does the funniest things. Here are a few pics from the week.

Home Again

Greyson's visit with Dr. Spaeth went well yesterday morning especially since he didn't tell her that he didn't like her. He told her that Thursday when she came to visit after surgery. He knew she was responsible for the splint.

By Ronald (or as G calls him "Donald")

She checked out the stitches and took out the drain tube. She re-wrapped it all and gave us instructions on how to care for it all. He won't have any OT or PT for now but just be encouraged to use both hands. We will follow up to check the healing with his pediatrician in a couple of weeks. He is going to talk with Dr. Shiels to decide when a follow up MRI will be and when we will take G back for follow-up treatment. He is good to go for now.

We hung out with Tralaine and Andy in German Village at Katzinger's Deli and the coolest bookstore ever. Before leaving them at their hotel heading to the airport for their flight home.

Candy Buckeye (chocolate and peanut butter is AWESOME)

Katzinger's Deli (it's famous...has even been on Food Network)

Cruising German Village carrying his leftover lunch.

Reading with Uncle Andy - they lost us when we went to get some sweets.

Fun with Aunt Tralaine. Lucky she was there to help clean up the two water spills at lunch.

 
We got home last night around 10pm and he did pretty good on the trip. We read books, played with some borrowed toys, and watched Babar and Monsters Inc. for the 50th time.

The week should be fairly quiet and he will probably go back to the sitter next week. He needs to be able to catch himself if he falls and things are looking promising considering he is wiggling his fingers today.

We will send an update maybe this weekend. He is doing so well there isn't much to report.

Take care,
Brooke, Michael, and Greyson

Whirlwind Weekend

I can't believe it is already 10pm on Sunday night. Since we left the hospital on Friday time has flown by. Greyson has done excellent. He has had some minor pain but the Ibuprofen seems to take care of it. By Friday evening he was dealing with the splint much better and tearing around here like he owned the place. He found the train table in the play room and was hard to tear away from it.

Tralaine and Andy got in Friday night and we met up with the Saturday. We visited the Runners Expo, ate, had Jeni's Ice Cream of course, and hung out at RMH. I was supposed to take a taxi to their hotel this morning but it never showed. Luckily there were some very nice volunteers here to make breakfast and they offered to give me a ride (only 5 minutes). Michael and Greyson got to meet him at breakfast and he even made them a special plate of eggs and french toast.

The race was great. So well put together and supported. There were 18,000 runners with both the 1/2 and full marathons being sold out. I have never seen so many bathrooms and water stops...the important stuff for runners. Since we raised so much money (thanks to so many of you, we hit our goal of $1500 on Saturday and went over - yipeeee!)we had access to a special VIP tent at the beginning and end with some special food and more port-potties.

Running 26.2 miles is a challenge but we got it done. My legs wouldn't say it was a fun day but spending the day running with Tralaine and Andy is always worth it. I owe my finish time once again to Tralaine. She seems to have turned into my personal pacer and pulled me through many miles making sure I got a PR (personal record). Thanks Sis! And of course it was great to see Michael and Greyson at the end having fun at the after party. Of course G didn't want to leave.

Greyson goes to see Dr. Spaeth in the morning. We expect she will send us on our way after the visit. She said he may or may not come home with the drain but I am betting not...it really isn't putting out much. She will also take the splint off tomorrow and we will get a good look at the incisions. He has one at his elbow, one at his wrist, and one on each of 3 fingers.

I will send an update once we get on the road to let everyone know the plan. What a trip it has been...Michael and I will be glad when we are finally home.

Have a great evening. Pictures to come hopefully tomorrow.
Brooke, Michael, and Greyson

Friday Morning Update (10/19)

Greyson had a pretty good night's sleep. He fell asleep around 7pm and woke for about 30 minutes at 11:30pm, then was awake again from 4am-6am, and finally woke up about 8am. He hasn't complained about much pain. He really doesn't like the splint that Dr. Spaeth made special for him. We told her it might be an issue so she wrapped the splint in blue tape with cars on it. He still isn't much of a fan. We found that if we covered it up along with the IV and other monitor with a blanket he didn't worry much about it as much. He even started covering them up.

Playing Peek-a-boo!

He has been unhooked from all monitors now and seems to be dealing with the splint better since he is now mobile. He just finished up breakfast and is playing here in the room. We are getting ready to head down to the new play room and let him have some fun before we check out.

The plan is to go to RMH by noon today and just hang out for a couple of days. Tralaine and Andy will get here tonight and we will meet up with them tomorrow. The Runners Expo is tomorrow and then the marathon on Sunday. I will make another post sometime after the run Sunday.

If anyone is interested in donating to our team for the marathon I think you still can. We are $225 away from our $1500 goal. Click and drag over this address then copy and paste it into your web browser if you are interested in giving: http://www.nationwidechildrens.org.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=1011247&u=1011247-364784818&e=5979548072  Tralaine, Andy and I raised more than anyone else on the Plastics Department Team and we owe that all to those of you that donated :) Many Thanks!

Take care and thanks for everything,
Brooke, Michael, and Greyson

Sclero Tomorrow

We are finally here after some delays, diversions, and circling all thanks to Mother Nature. We plan to head from the Columbus airport to RMD house and settle in.

Greyson's sclero is at 10:30am tomorrow and should only take an hour. He has an appointment with Dr. Spaeth at 1pm. We will update everyone then. Hope getting off this plane goes quickly. ;)

Brooke

(I forgot to post this on Thursday here - originally posted on Carepages 8/9/11)

4th of July Festivities

A rodeo, a Popsicle, and fireworks....what else do you need on the 4th of July? 

(besides maybe the lake)

Brooke

Boys of Summer

It seems like summer is almost over and it really has just started.

Greyson has so much fun swimming with Daddy and gets more and more comfortable with being in the water every time we go.

He thinks this is the funniest thing to do.

He quickly learned how to climb up on the deck on his own. He does need a little boost but he will be jumping up on the deck and back down quicker than we think.

Hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as we are.

Brooke

XBox is Exhausting

So the game will remain nameless but Greyson loved "playing" with Calvin. And how sweet was it that Calvin let Greyson sit on his lap and pretend to play so I had to have this pic.

About 10 minutes later I walked in and found this :) and couldn't pass up this pic.

 

Brooke