Busy Busy over here

Since I posted last a few months have flown by. We have traveled to Shriners two times this year already. Our little man had his first (Jan 8th) and second trip (Feb 11th) where he was fitted for a lower leg/foot prosthetic. We are awaiting its arrival in the mail any day now. Here are a few pictures from those trips.


January 8, 2016

Our Lightning Hope was also fit for "new feet" and a hand attachment for her bike.

I love to take "we're here" picture when we get to Shriners and remember who traveled with us. It was Fashion Faith's turn.

Waiting in the room playing Old Fart Booth on daddy's phone. It's pretty fun seeing these little ones as a 90 year old. hahaha Passes the time.

One of my favorite things of this whole process is seeing their X-rays!

 Aftetr seeing these hand X-rays we confirmed hand surgery for Ty. They will separate the three

right-most fingers on his right hand.

This lower X-ray let us know that his hips and knees were in good shape and that surgery would not be necessary to fit him with a lower leg prosthetic. Hooray!

After being there for about 3 hours they brought in toys for each of our kids. Another AMAZING thing about Shriners. They were so kind to notice that our peeps were fading and needed some entertainment.

Ty checking out the sock that goes under the plaster to make his form. I thought he would freak out much more than he did. I think he only cried once.

Now that LH has had a few casts made for "new feet" she is a pro. She loves it and sits very still.

We try to find fun lunch spots on our one-day trips to Sac. We have scored a few Diners, Drive-ins and Dive spots. This was a fun place with lots of variety.

Pretty much the largest onion rings we have ever seen!

February 11, 2016

And we're off again...

Ty practicing "standing tall" waiting for his fitting.

Oh, that was a bit scary! After he freaked out (and cried/screamed for about 10 minutes) we asked if we could put on the prosthetic next time they brought it in. The prosthetist was so gracious and passed it to us and then left the room for a few minutes while we go it on. The prosthetist peeked into the room several time sot see if it fit well. 

Ty was a little more accepting the second time. We forgot to take a video so we asked if he could try it one more time. The third time was a charm because he then didn't want to take it off and ventured outside the ramp with the handrails and even let go altogether! What a guy! So BRAVE!

Ty has to have one other small surgery at the same time as his hand surgery. We met with one of the pediatric surgeons on that trip. He was very nice as well. Ty warmed right up to him. He's so friendly! It's definitely one of Ty's gifts, being friendly!

Next trip will be Ty's surgery...