We took Maddox yesterday to SHriner's for his 2nd week check up on his hand. He is doing very well. They don't think skin grafting is going to happen.
There is one spot that is a little darker and more burned on the back side of his wrist that if it were bigger, they woudl consider grafting, but it's so small, they think it might just look like a scar at the most. Great news.
Carson has been such a big brother thorugh all this. Every time I clean Maddox up, Carson says "Don't hurt my brother mama". He does't like seeing his boo boo as he thinks it hurts him.
We need to go back in one month for another check up.
We need to put lotion on him 2x a day after cleaning him with dial soap and after one month, hopefully, his color shoudl be back to normal. No more red. They did tell us if his hair is reddish at all, it would take a litlte longer than one month to get back to normal.
We need to keep 30 + sunscreen on him anytime we're in the sun. Any kind of sun to his hand or burns will cause permanent discoloration for him, so it's very important that we keep his sunscreen on him daily.
He's doing well and carson is also. Thanks for the prayers. THey have been answered.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Maddox update
Maddox did very well the first night. He slept about 6 hrs. at a time and didnt seem to really have much pain through the night. Although we could give Tylenol with Codeine if needed every 6 hrs. I didn't have to do this the first night.
Last night he still slept, but I noticed he was favoring his left hand. He wasn't holding his taggie as he normally does, just with his right hand. He was a bit more fussy.
When it came to cleaning up his wounds this morning, he's begun bleeding and it's a constant bleeding, which is normal they said at Shriner's.
Today was very painful for him. Everything he did hurt it. He's been crying more today than he has been.
Just feel so bad for him. I wish there was more we could do. We follow up on Friday with Shriner's for another appt. for him to ensure he's not got any kind of infection. We are to keep an eye on infection ourselves as well.
We are praying he gets better. We know he will and it's just going to take some time for him since he is only 5 mos. old.
We just pray for him daily and hope for a speedy recovery as he's in so much pain!
I will keep you updated on everything!
Last night he still slept, but I noticed he was favoring his left hand. He wasn't holding his taggie as he normally does, just with his right hand. He was a bit more fussy.
When it came to cleaning up his wounds this morning, he's begun bleeding and it's a constant bleeding, which is normal they said at Shriner's.
Today was very painful for him. Everything he did hurt it. He's been crying more today than he has been.
Just feel so bad for him. I wish there was more we could do. We follow up on Friday with Shriner's for another appt. for him to ensure he's not got any kind of infection. We are to keep an eye on infection ourselves as well.
We are praying he gets better. We know he will and it's just going to take some time for him since he is only 5 mos. old.
We just pray for him daily and hope for a speedy recovery as he's in so much pain!
I will keep you updated on everything!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Maddox's accident
For those of you who don't know the story, here it goes:
We were at lunch at the Honey Baked Ham store in Kenwood. Garrett was paying after he dropped the food off at the table. I had Maddox on my lap getting ready to feed him. Carson was sitting beside me.
My soup was in a basket (like a hot dog/hamburger basket, paper type) along with my sandwich. I noticed Maddox was inching to get to it, so I moved it back further on the table.
In the meantime, Carson asked me to open his pop for him. I leaned up very little to open the pop when Maddox started screaming.
He had grabbed onto the basket and pulled it down enough to where some of the soup spilled onto his hand.
Instantly his skin began peeling back. We were PANICKED. Garrett called 9-1-1 while I had his hand in water (as paramedics told us to do till they got there). They rushed him to Children's. Children's detemined he had 2nd degree burns around the top of his left hand (not his fingers...thank GOD he's got feeling, etc. in his hands/fingers, etc.) and around his wrist where his long sleeve shirt caught the majority of soup from crawling further up his arms, so his wrists had large bubbles.
Garrett took Carson in the car to Children's (he was only about 5 min. behind them......he was QUICK)
In the ambulance they were able to get gauze around him while he was screaming the ENTIRE time.(of course). I held the oxygen mask near his face, not around him, to calm him.
Children's referred us to Shriner's Hospital. They are the most amazing hospital around. I loved every bit of our experience there. They determined 2nd degree burns throughout as well. There is one part around his wrist that is a tad bit white, but not too bad.
They cleaned him up very good and showed us how to as well. We have to clean him up and put medicine on him and wrap with gauze 2x a day right now.
We have to go to clinicals there on Friday where they will see how well he's healing. This is when they will determine if he will need skin graphing done. They truly don't think he's going to need any of that or surgery based on what they saw. But won't know till Friday.
We will determine from there how much longer he will need to be wrapped up.Maddox is 5 1/2 months, so you can only imagine what he's been going through. For those who showed up at the hospital and those who prayed throughout the entire thing, thank you. He's really recovering okay. He needs to take tylenol with codeine 1/2 hr. prior to his cleanings because of the pain it causes.
He slept very well his first night. Got up at 1:30 and 6:45, and no crying in the meantime. We are praying for quick recovery for our little guy and we will need you all to help out as well. The picture Garrett took on his phone is attached of the top of his hand. It was much more red than the pic shows.I just burst into tears at Children's when the nurse unwrapped the gauze. It was so devastating to watch. You never want your children to be in pain. It was aweful.
From the time we got to the hospital he was all smiles. He hadn't had medicine, bottle...nothing. Everyone was wondering how he was so happy with what had just happened. He's in good spirits.
Please just pray for him. He's such a trooper through everything and we hope he stays this way.
We were at lunch at the Honey Baked Ham store in Kenwood. Garrett was paying after he dropped the food off at the table. I had Maddox on my lap getting ready to feed him. Carson was sitting beside me.
My soup was in a basket (like a hot dog/hamburger basket, paper type) along with my sandwich. I noticed Maddox was inching to get to it, so I moved it back further on the table.
In the meantime, Carson asked me to open his pop for him. I leaned up very little to open the pop when Maddox started screaming.
He had grabbed onto the basket and pulled it down enough to where some of the soup spilled onto his hand.
Instantly his skin began peeling back. We were PANICKED. Garrett called 9-1-1 while I had his hand in water (as paramedics told us to do till they got there). They rushed him to Children's. Children's detemined he had 2nd degree burns around the top of his left hand (not his fingers...thank GOD he's got feeling, etc. in his hands/fingers, etc.) and around his wrist where his long sleeve shirt caught the majority of soup from crawling further up his arms, so his wrists had large bubbles.
Garrett took Carson in the car to Children's (he was only about 5 min. behind them......he was QUICK)
In the ambulance they were able to get gauze around him while he was screaming the ENTIRE time.(of course). I held the oxygen mask near his face, not around him, to calm him.
Children's referred us to Shriner's Hospital. They are the most amazing hospital around. I loved every bit of our experience there. They determined 2nd degree burns throughout as well. There is one part around his wrist that is a tad bit white, but not too bad.
They cleaned him up very good and showed us how to as well. We have to clean him up and put medicine on him and wrap with gauze 2x a day right now.
We have to go to clinicals there on Friday where they will see how well he's healing. This is when they will determine if he will need skin graphing done. They truly don't think he's going to need any of that or surgery based on what they saw. But won't know till Friday.
We will determine from there how much longer he will need to be wrapped up.Maddox is 5 1/2 months, so you can only imagine what he's been going through. For those who showed up at the hospital and those who prayed throughout the entire thing, thank you. He's really recovering okay. He needs to take tylenol with codeine 1/2 hr. prior to his cleanings because of the pain it causes.
He slept very well his first night. Got up at 1:30 and 6:45, and no crying in the meantime. We are praying for quick recovery for our little guy and we will need you all to help out as well. The picture Garrett took on his phone is attached of the top of his hand. It was much more red than the pic shows.I just burst into tears at Children's when the nurse unwrapped the gauze. It was so devastating to watch. You never want your children to be in pain. It was aweful.
From the time we got to the hospital he was all smiles. He hadn't had medicine, bottle...nothing. Everyone was wondering how he was so happy with what had just happened. He's in good spirits.
Please just pray for him. He's such a trooper through everything and we hope he stays this way.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Illnesses this past week
Maddox had his 2nd ear infection. He was put on Amoxicilin on Monday and on Friday wasnt' any better. We took him back to the doc. who said his ears were worse. Great huh? So, now he's on omnicef. That seems to work wonders for him.
Carson had a fever last week too, but that has broken and he's doing much better.
Maddox is rolling over and blowing bubbles.
He has cut BOTH of his bottom teeth. I can't even believe it. He's 21 weeks today. They grow up so fast.
I will attach pics when we get the virus off our computer at home. I'm working on this here at work with no pictures on this computer.
Everyone is finally better this week. After many sleepless nights this past week, it's going to be very nice to get back on track again.
Carson had a fever last week too, but that has broken and he's doing much better.
Maddox is rolling over and blowing bubbles.
He has cut BOTH of his bottom teeth. I can't even believe it. He's 21 weeks today. They grow up so fast.
I will attach pics when we get the virus off our computer at home. I'm working on this here at work with no pictures on this computer.
Everyone is finally better this week. After many sleepless nights this past week, it's going to be very nice to get back on track again.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
They're growing up!
I have to say my boys are really growing up so fast. Carson's officially truly potty trained. He doesn't like to wear his "big boy underwear" to bed, only during the day....great huh? He doesn't wear pull-ups at all anymore, he's even going through the night without any accidents. We have him officially broken! whew! finally!
Maddox is really getting big. He doesn't like to sit much, he would much rather stand. We got him the bumbo seat and he's sitting for about 2 seconds and then he arches his back out to straighten himself out, and he just about comes out of it. That lasted all of 2 weeks for us. He's very strong and is steady when he's holding our hands to stand up.
Carson is just full of all kinds of sayings these days. It's something new everyday.
We're so blessed with these boys. I can't even imagine my life without them or Garrett in it! Sure would be dull, let me tell you!
More to come!
Maddox is really getting big. He doesn't like to sit much, he would much rather stand. We got him the bumbo seat and he's sitting for about 2 seconds and then he arches his back out to straighten himself out, and he just about comes out of it. That lasted all of 2 weeks for us. He's very strong and is steady when he's holding our hands to stand up.
Carson is just full of all kinds of sayings these days. It's something new everyday.
We're so blessed with these boys. I can't even imagine my life without them or Garrett in it! Sure would be dull, let me tell you!
More to come!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Maddox is 4 months old!
Today Maddox is 4 months old. He had his check-up today and he's doing very well! He's 14 lbs. 2 1/2 oz. and is 25 3/4 inches long. He's in the 75th percentile for height and he's still a slight amount underweight for his height. She doesn't want us to give him any more than 5 oz. of formula at one time. he's been taking rice in his bottles since 2 weeks old for his acid reflux, it keeps the food down and doesn't come back up when it's thicker. So, instead of upping his bottles, which she believes will make him throw up, she wants us to begin introducing foods. Fruits and veggies for now. So, we're going to attempt some food on a spoon if he can do it. Just a few bites a day to try to make up for the formula he wont' be getting. Something to keep him full. He's doing very well. he's grabbing his feet, many facials, and is sleeping about 9-11 hours each night. He's just wonderful.
Carson has been just a joy these days too. I think it's terrible 3's. Although, he has gone for 2 full nights and 2 full days in "big boy underwear" so there are some congrats around here for him! Daddy took him to get a toy for doing so well. he's not even wearing pull ups at night at all. So he's officially going to help us save some diaper money. Whew. His vocabulary is something else. He likes to say "yesternight" and "sausage hamburgers"..........it's interesting trying to figure out his language. We have more fun with our kiddos. Both are wonderful and we're so blessed with our healthy baby boys!
Carson has been just a joy these days too. I think it's terrible 3's. Although, he has gone for 2 full nights and 2 full days in "big boy underwear" so there are some congrats around here for him! Daddy took him to get a toy for doing so well. he's not even wearing pull ups at night at all. So he's officially going to help us save some diaper money. Whew. His vocabulary is something else. He likes to say "yesternight" and "sausage hamburgers"..........it's interesting trying to figure out his language. We have more fun with our kiddos. Both are wonderful and we're so blessed with our healthy baby boys!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Holidays and More
We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I haven't posted too much since I have officially taken over someone's full time job since they laid her off. I am currently doing a desk job and a field job. I don't know if I'm coming or going during the week, but i'm happy to just have a job.
The boys are doing well. Maddox will be 4 months old on the 14th, and he's got his check-up on Thursday where I will post how big he's getting.
They have doubled his dose of his medicine and seems to really be helping him out a lot. It makes a huge difference for him.
We are thinking Maddox might get car sick or something since he cries everytime we get in the car and drive. He's just fine when we're out of the car, but we can't figure what his problem is when driving. Carson loves the car but not Maddox.
Carson's really been something else.He's so full of energy. I am telling you, it's terrible 3's though. He's something else. The temper, the "no" we get, etc. is just a little dose of our days here with him.
He's great with Maddox though, they just love each other.
The boys are doing well. Maddox will be 4 months old on the 14th, and he's got his check-up on Thursday where I will post how big he's getting.
They have doubled his dose of his medicine and seems to really be helping him out a lot. It makes a huge difference for him.
We are thinking Maddox might get car sick or something since he cries everytime we get in the car and drive. He's just fine when we're out of the car, but we can't figure what his problem is when driving. Carson loves the car but not Maddox.
Carson's really been something else.He's so full of energy. I am telling you, it's terrible 3's though. He's something else. The temper, the "no" we get, etc. is just a little dose of our days here with him.
He's great with Maddox though, they just love each other.
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