Progress

Tomorrow is a big day for Taylor. She gets her ear tubes! I'm a little nervous, but trusting this is a minor procedure and she will be fine. After the procedure, she will feel so much better. She has a ton of fluid in both ears and it can't drain. I have to think she feels like she is hearing everything from underwater. When Jacob was in the same state, he failed a hearing test. For Taylor's sake, she needs to hear and have her balance uncompromised - in addition to just feeling good. She has really had a tough winter and we're hoping she feels much better tomorrow.

We got very lucky - her appointment is the first of the day at 6:15am. Since she can't eat until after her surgery, we're thrilled she will be done so quickly. The procedure literally takes 10 minutes and then recovery time. Hopefully we'll be home by noon. Jacob has had two sets of tubes so that definitely reassures us. We're still concerned for Taylor, and more so now that she had her seizure. They've assured us she should be fine.

We also finally scored on a quick specialist appointment. With fairly minimal hounding, she will see her neurologist on June 4 to discuss the seizure situation. My first offer was July 25th, but I pulled a Susan and scored June 4. I'm happy we'll hopefully get some answers so quickly.

Taylor continues to feel fine and is making great progress in therapy. I will post some news pictures soon. She is practicing crawling and walking a lot (very assisted) and she loves it. It is great to see her having fun.

We had a great wonderful Memorial Day week-end. Lots of family time and fun in the sun. Seattle is the only place on earth where people flock to the pool when it is sunny - even if it is only 65 degrees. The kids are loving swimming and Taylor even likes the pool now! We're so glad.

I have to share a funny Jacob story - I took the big kids to the dentist yesterday and he wasn't thrilled with getting his teeth flossed by the hygenist. She finished his top row of teeth and said "ok, now it's time for your bottom" and he freaked out. He literally thought she wanted to floss his bottom. I explained she meant his bottom row of teeth. You gotta love kids.....

Lauren is also a big kid now - she pulled her top, front tooth and has a huge gap in her mouth. It is adorable and I can't believe how big she is getting.

Send Taylor a special prayer for tomorrow!