Today is Micah's last day for his steroid injections. He hasn't had any infantile spasms since Saturday February 10th, which was 4 days after his first injection. Stephanie and Chris both had to learn how to give the injections. WOW!
Chris (daddy) gave Micah his first haircut yesterday. He looks so cute with his little boy haircut.
I believe that everything in life happens for a reason, even though sometimes we do not know the reason at that very moment in our lives. There have been so many miracles in Micah's life so far and they just keep happening for this little boy.
He had an orthopedic appointment a couple of weeks ago for his legs and the specialist recommended that Micah have hip surgery within six months, which would also entail cutting some of his thigh muscles to release the tightness in his legs. He would also be braced after the surgery for 6 weeks. We were almost completely convinced that this would be the best thing for Micah to give him a fighting chance to crawl and walk eventually. Honestly Stephanie was going back and forth on the decision unsure if this would be best for Micah. She was playing telephone tag with the institutes for Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia - http://www.iahp.org/ for days leaving messages with the secretary about Micah's proposed surgery. Thursday she talked to someone at the Institute in detail about the surgery and all of the sudden a space was available for Micah in April 2007 to go to the institute with his parents. Wow what a blessing! For now any decision for surgery is on hold. God has big plans for this little boy. Stephanie continues to feed him a bottle daily, however he gets most of his milk through his feeding tube. He continues to suck a pacifier but has become lazy at sucking his bottle, unless he is really hungry. He eats rice cereal with no problem, we are excited to eventually introduce baby cereal into his daily routine. Micah continues to coo and smile. His developmental stage is about that of a 3 month old.
