Clogged Eye Duct

Remy had a procedure done yesterday to have his dacryostenosis fixed (clogged eye duct).  The whole experience was very nerve-wracking.  I didn’t know what to expect and my nerves got the best of me.  No mother wants to see her baby be put to sleep and have his eye probed.  All the worries and what-ifs were racing through my mind.  Since Remy had to be put to sleep they didn’t want him eating anything that morning and having nothing to drink after 6:15 a.m.  I knew Remy would be a bear if he had nothing to drink.  He wasn’t allowed his milk but they said he could have apple juice.  Luckily he was stirring and starting to wake up a little after 6 so I went and got him and he chugged his entire juice.  So, one less thing to worry about – he got something to drink.  We left at 7:30 which is about when we leave to go to daycare anyways so he probably thought this was any normal day.  We got to the surgery center a little after 8 (which is when he eats breakfast) but I think since it was a new place and strange people all over he forgot about being hungry.  Thank god because I was worried about him being super crabby about not eating.  The nurses and doctors were all very, very nice.  The anesthesiologist and the doctor doing the surgery both came and talked to us about everything beforehand to explain everything and answer all of our questions.  They said one of us could carry him back and be with him until he was put to sleep.  Of course I jumped on that – I’m his mommy.  :)  So I put on the suit that made me feel like the Michelin man – it was enormous on me – and we walked to the surgery room.  I did my best not to cry – it was scary.  We got to the room and the anesthesiologist wasn’t ready yet so we just hung out in the room with the rest of the doctors and nurses.  Remy flirted with the ladies and they all loved him.  Then it was time.  He hated it when they put the mask on his face and cried.  That was the hardest part for me.  Once he was asleep they brought me back to the room to wait with Phil.  It really didn’t take long – maybe 20 minutes or so and we got to see him again.  It was a very simple and quick procedure.  The doctor said he had two pretty bad clogs and he unclogged both with success.  He also said he has a pretty weird anatomy and got pretty excited about it.  Haha.  He said it looks like Remy tried to make up for his clogged eye duct by trying to make another one.  Obviously it doesn’t work but he has two.  Anyways, nothing wrong with that.  He said it all went well and brought us back to see him.  My poor little buddy was crying and very out of it.  He was doing the “I’m hurt and scared momma” cry.  Breaks my heart.  After calming him down and sitting with him for a little bit he finally drank some juice and even started eating.  Once he started eating he was pretty much back to the normal Remy we know and love.  Since he was eating and drinking fine they said he was good to go.  On our way home he fell asleep in the car and was so out of it that taking him out the carseat, taking off his jacket and having the dogs bark didn’t even rattle him.  He’s NEVER slept that hard before.  After he took a little snoozer we had some lunch and he was basically back to normal.  He doesn’t seem to be in pain and he’s happy.  He seemed to have some sort of reaction to something but we’re not sure to what… his thighs had some sort of rash that looked like poison ivy but that went away after a few hours.  Now we just need to give him eye drops a few times a day for the next 5 days and he should be good to go!  So far it looks like the procedure worked.  No leaking and he didn’t wake up to his eye glued shut from gunk.  I’m sure he’ll be very happy that we won’t be picking the gunk out of his eyes all the time now!  

Right before surgery (I couldn't get him to sit still for a good picture).  The gown they had for him was WAY too big and there was no way the pants would have stayed on.  Haha, so he just wore the shirt, which looked more like a dress and the funny socks that went up to his knees. 

Pooped out from the rough morning (I think we all were a little exhausted):

We know he's pretty much back to normal when I can't get a normal picture of him because he won't stop moving.  This is Remy running to me laughing.  Hehe.  Gosh I just love him.

1 Year Old!

October 2nd, 2012 we welcomed this sweet sweet boy into our lives!  

 

 I’ll be honest and say the birth wasn’t my favorite part but once I saw his sweet face my heart just melted.  I forgot about all the pain and how tired I was.  Having a baby is quite the miracle.  Obviously, the pain and exhaustion came back to me soon after but he was so worth the 31 hours of labor.  I don’t even know how to describe how much I love him.  I would do ANYTHING for this boy.  He is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.  I know all mothers say this sort of thing but I seriously cannot imagine my life without him.  Knowing that I get to wake up to his chit-chatting and cuddles makes getting up early every single day worth it.  It’s funny, I don’t even care that I don’t get to sleep in because he’s such an awesome morning person that it’s so worth it.  RARELY is he unhappy in the morning.  I’m the one who gets up with him 100% of the time.  Every once in a while the thought occurs to me that I should let Phil get up with him so I can sleep in.  Then shortly after that thought I think naw, then I’d miss the smile he gives me when I go pick him up, the squeals of happiness that momma is there and I’d miss the cuddles (which I don’t get much of since he’s not a cuddlebug).  So Phil only gets to see that when I’m gone, which has only happened once in his whole life.  Lucky man you would think, but he’s missing out on the best time of the day.  That’s no lie…

Remy’s personality is busting through.  You can tell he’s got my temper though.  That will not be fun…  Other than that, he’s super sweet, loves to chat, loves to give kisses and thinks life is great.  I think we are very close to walking.  He’s getting more and more confident and daring.  He’s standing without holding onto things longer and more often and he’s diving between furniture taking maybe one step on his own (I don’t count this as walking).  It might be a matter of weeks and he’ll be walking!  Or he’ll think, ‘why do I need to walk by myself?  I can already do it holding onto stuff so why bother?’  So I guess it also could be a few months too.  I just hope I get to see it firsthand when he’s ready! 

Remy’s favorite foods seem to be anything pasta related, pineapples, mandarin oranges, peaches and grapes.  I guess fruit in general.  He doesn’t prefer potatoes much and doesn’t like pork chops.  He had his first cupcake at his birthday party and loved it.  Now I think he’ll be into the sweets.  He drinks water with no problem but when he’s around another baby with juice in their sippy he KNOWS that theirs is juice and his is just water.  Then he wants nothing to do with his sippy and finds ways to steal theirs.  So I guess we’re on to juice now.

 We said goodbye to the bottle around 11 months.  He was taking a sippy just fine and one day I just never gave him a bottle and he didn’t care one bit!  He’s still getting breastmilk mixed with cow’s milk in his sippy in the morning and at night.  We’re down to about 15 bags of milk though so it won’t be long and he’ll be on 100% cow’s milk.  I don’t think he’ll care one bit.  I think we’re going to try using a real cup soon just to see what happens.  But I’m pretty sure we’ll be picking up a spill.  Remy likes to throw his sippy sometimes.  Bad habit!

I think Remy has 12 teeth right now!  It’s hard to tell since he doesn’t like me fiddling with his mouth.  I know he has two of the larger teeth in the back.  Those puppies look like they had to have hurt coming in!  Poor buddy.

He still has the leaky eye as we like to call it.  We’ve been working real hard on trying to get it unclogged on its own but I think we might have to bring him in to the eye doctor to have it done.  I guess we will find out what the doc says at his 1 year appointment later this month.  I sure hope we don’t have to put him through that.

Remy loves to take his toys out of containers and put them back in.  If I just point at the toy and then the container and ask him to put it away, he does.  He’s been doing that for a while now and he loves it.  He also loves to hang out on the couch.  I think it makes him feel like a “big boy” to sit and hang out with us.  I’m trying to teach him that he can’t stand on the couch and he knows what sit down means.  I think he likes to stand just to get a reaction from me.  But he’s really good about listening right away and sitting down.  Well, most of the time...

 Remy talks up a storm and says the usual, mama/dada and I swear he says “bye-bye”, “up” and “doggie” (or at least his version of those words).  He never says bye-bye to me in the morning when I drop him off at daycare but he says bye-bye to other people when they leave our house.  It’s funny when the dogs fight he puts up his hand as if to say “stop” and yells at them in his own language.  Or he points his finger at them and yells at them.  It’s way too darn cute!

Phil and I gave him part of his birthday present the morning of his birthday.  Here’s his new set of wheels!  He LOVED it!  He’s played with one before at daycare and seemed to really like it so we got him one of his own.  Too bad summer is over.  It will have to be an inside toy until winter is over.  I find it funny that he jumped right in and shut the door.

 Remy throws temper tantrums all the time.  It’s actually pretty funny.  He usually gets down on his belly and whines if he doesn’t get what he wants.  Just this morning he threw a tantrum because I had to take him out of his new birthday toy to leave to bring him to daycare.  He wasn’t done playing with it apparently.  So yes, like I said earlier, he’s got my temper.  :-/

Oh how I love my little man.  :)

Clogged Eye Duct

My poor little buddy has an infection in his eye.  He’s had a clogged eye duct since he was born and it hasn’t gone away yet.  His eye just tears up a lot and it’s not a big deal as long as it goes away around 9 months.  Lately it’s been goopy and the last few days it’s been red and yesterday morning it looked a little swollen too.  So I brought him to the doctor and she said he had an eye infection.  I feel so bad for him and wish I would have brought him in early.  So he’s on amoxicillin to clear up the infection and ointment for his eye to help the clogged eye duct go away.  If it’s not gone by his next appointment (9 mo) then he will be referred to an eye doctor to unclog the eye duct.  I really, really don’t want to make him go through that so hopefully it clears up.  He’s got 1 month until his next appointment!  But on a fun note they weighed him so I got to see how big he’s gotten in the last 2 months.  He’s now 20.2 pounds.  My big boy!