A few months ago, we found out that Skeeter is tongue-tied and lip-tied. Not necessarily a big deal but when you lump it in with the Apraxia that he has, it can compound an already tough speech problem.
We went to the ENT today and it was decided that he will have surgery this Friday morning (June 20) at 8 to fix the tongue part. We will not address the lip right now. The doc thinks that it is not a big deal. I disagree. But he thinks that we can wait to see if it is going to get better. (Yeah, um whatever!) Anyway...Skeeter will be completely under with a breathing tube during the procedure which should only last about 20 minutes. He will be on antibiotics for a few days since it is in the mouth to prevent infection , of course. Our prayer is that this will give him more range of motion with his tongue. Right now he compensates for his limited movement..which we give him major snaps for!
Just pray that the Lord will watch over him and keep him safe. That he will send angels to guide the doctor and to stand guard over Skeeter. And it sure wouldn't hurt to pray for me...I am sure that I am taking this harder than he is!!
Now for Scrappy. Last night Scout's parents came into town to help out today and thru Friday. They pulled into the driveway in their gigantic RV and turned the engine off. Scrappy immediately ran in to the tailpipe of said RV and burnt a rather large area on his tummy. It looks worse than it really is. There is still soot on it from the pipe and he won't let us touch it too much. And I can not really blame him!! I had our OT's husband(Fireman/EMT) check it out and he told us what to do and what to put on it.
I joked that only our child could hit an RV that size! So we are going to chalk this experience up to the fact that he has a diagnosed coordination disorder!
See...NEVER a dull moment. :0)
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