Surgery

We have to be at the hospital at 6:30 in the morning. Not sure when the surgery will be exactly, but he is the first. It should take about 3 hours, then recovery. All prayers are coveted and appreciated!

Moving with Purpose!

Robbie now rolls, scoots and slides with purpose. No longer random, if he sees something he wants out of his reach he figures out how to get it!

Not being able to crawl obviously won't slow him down :)

Urologist

Today was our final visit with the urologist before Robbie's hypospadias surgery. He said everything looks good and is a go. The surgery is scheduled for next Friday, the 24th. They will call us a day or two before to let us know the time but they expect it to be early. We will be allowed to stay with him (except when they administer the anesthesia) until he goes into surgery. It will take 2 to 3 hours. We will be allowed back with him when he starts to wake up. We will then be with him for a few hours until they release him. Recovery is expected to take 2 weeks baring complications.

Please keep these things in prayer:
1. He stays healthy, so it won't be postponed.
2. He has to fast for 8 hours before, that he won't be too upset.
3. Anesthesia goes well.
4. The main thing that could go wrong is called a fistula. It is a gap in the sutures. There is a 10% chance of it happening. Pray it won't happen.
5. That recovery goes well.

Amendment

Robbie weighs 16.2 pounds and is 29 inches long. Whoops! I'm glad I wrote it down somewhere and saw it before I entered it into his baby book.

9 Month Check-Up

Robbie's 9 month check up was last Wednesday. He is now 17 lbs and 27 inches!

He is now taking Zantac for acid reflux. Already there has been improvement in his sitting and belly times without him getting sick and spitting up. Yay!

There are two things the Doctor is concerned about and you can be in prayer for. Robbie is in the 3rd percentile for weight. She wants us to fatten him up because that is too small. We are now adding yogurt and meats to his diet. The Doctor said the acid reflux could be one of the reasons he is so low weight; the acid keeps him from properly absorbing the nutrients.

The other issue is the fact that he won't put any weight on his legs. When checking him over she heard a "pop" in his left hip joint that hasn't been there before. She thinks this may be a reason for it. Once Robbie's surgery is done and he is healed up she referred us to a Developmental team at Arnold Palmer that we have to take him to. They will do a thorough work up on his developmental skills and let us know if he needs physical therapy or to just wait a few more months and see.

Robbie is happy as ever and other than those two concerns doing well!