Week of October 19 - 25th, 2009

Aidan had a very busy week. On Monday we went to get him a hip x-ray as a follow up to earlier in the year. He has a small left hip alignment problem which will require surgery in the future. We would have waited 1 hour just to get the x-ray and then another 2-3 hours to see the doctor. The appointment was cancelled and Daddy made other arrangements. On Tuesday Aidan had his usual hemodialysis followed by a wheelchair evaluation. Aidan will be getting a new high tech stroller, high chair, and bath chair (if the insurance company approves) around February. On Wednesday Aidan had a visit from the Early On teachers which went very well. On Thursday we had hemodialysis followed by the rescheduled hip x-ray (we were done within 40 minutes) and then an endocrinology appointment. Aidan has been on growth hormone for about a month and it is showing. He has grown about ¼ inch in just the last month. On Friday Aidan had a small surgical procedure – he got another bronchoscopy (the ENT doctor wanted to look at the granulation tissue in his trachea and we upsized Aidan's trach. Everything went well and we were home by 12:30 that afternoon. On Saturday we had hemodialysis which took a bit longer because one of Aidan’s hemo lines was clotted. Later that evening we went to a Halloween party. We all dressed up and had a nice time at the Polak’s annual party. On Sunday it was just Aidan and daddy for most of the day since Mommy had a baby shower to attend. Aidan’s speech therapy will restart next month (we finally got approval after waiting 2 months) and we were able to make a dentist appointment in January to look at Aidan's green tooth. Well that’s about it for now. See you next week.