Back to Work

One of the reasons I haven't been blogging too much lately is that I returned to work on Tuesday. Just part time for now. The past five weeks have probably been the busiest at my work as we're gearing up for our audit starting this coming Monday. They've been pretty good about my absence but I've been feeling the pressure to return for sure. I have been waiting to return until the doctors give a thumbs up for Isaac to be back in a daycare setting. He will be starting a new daycare (the one where Sydney goes) and he has to be watched a little more closely than the other children. The concern is 1. His fractures. We need to make sure there are no hard falls. The helmet helps with that. 2. He doesn't quite have the stamina to get through a full day of playing. He is still going at max speed and so he runs out fairly quickly. The neuro psychs said he would need to start part time and work up.

So here we are. Actually Tuesday and Wednesday my mom came down and stayed with him so I could go into work. Today he goes to see his pediatrician for a follow up and his 2 year check up where I hope to get the thumbs up for him to return to daycare. If we get the thumbs up, he'll start on Friday. I'm excited our life is returning to normal!

Isaac had an ophthalmologist appointment on Monday. He pointed out that when Isaac looks to either direction he has to tilt his head. He said that this is perhaps because he has some damage to nerve #4 that controls the movement of the eye and he wants to watch him. He said it's good that Isaac is tilting his head because he's compensating for the eye issue.

Tomorrow Isaac goes to speech therapy and we'll be learning how often he'll need this therapy. The reason they want him to have this is because of his facial droop in connection to the facial nerve damage. When he talks, it sounds like half of his mouth is full of marshmallows. So they'll be working on the way he forms his words.

We are looking forward to a relaxing weekend at home.