Coburn Kids

I should really know better then to have ever uttered the words “we’re done with surgeries for a while”.  I’ll back up a bit, so today was another Preemie Clinic appointment for Caden. It was for his eyes. I believe I explained a few months back that we were going to have to watch one of Caden’s eyes (his left) because the blood vessels in there were too tight. This is from his ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) which was pretty significant at a Stage 3, because of this there is scarring in his eye.  We were borderline surgery but his eyes didn’t get worse so thought we were in the clear.  The glasses never came as a big surprise but for some reason when I heard Dr. Larson (opthamologist) talk about his tight blood vessels a few months back all I thought was that if it got worse we’d have to have a stronger eyeglass prescription.  Thinking it through now, the scarring the ROP caused wouldn’t mean a stronger eyeglass prescription but surgery.  We certainly don’t want his retina to detach, worse case scenario.  So Caden will have to be followed every 3 months for… I have no idea how long.  If it does get worse then there will be surgery. It’s just a waiting game, same as everything else.  So I was a bit taken aback by the talk of “surgery”.  Only because I had thought that I wouldn’t hear that word for a few years.

Caden is doing wonderful though.  He’s pulling to a stand and cruising along the couch, no independent steps yet but it’s only a matter of time!  We are really laying on the sign language for Caden right now to try to get him to communicate with us.  Feb. 1st Caden is 18 months old and for sounds we have Ga and Ha.  No pointing or waving yet but hey, I’m not complaining because the little sounds he does make are the cutest in the world when he does it! He’s a social little guy, loves to smile and is such a stinker when it comes to feeding himself.  If it’s dry like a cracker or bread he’ll pick it up and put it in his mouth himself, but if it’s wet or mushy, say pears or cooked carrots, he won’t touch them. It’s also interesting that he won’t eat anything from our fingers.  It has to be on a spoon.  The drinking still escapes him, the poor boy has no idea what to do with a sippy cup whether it’s holding it or how to drink from it.  He just sits there with his mouth gaping open waiting for me to pour it in.  It’s really quite funny.

The job search still continues, we’ve added 2 in Florida and Pennsylvania to the list now.  I do apologize as yes we have Illinois in there as well and I forgot to mention it.  I’ve had someone ask me why so many states but really… the interview process is long and tedious and until we have an offer we won’t stop applying for jobs.  We’ve been talking to some companies since early Nov. and with the holidays it just made the whole thing even more drawn out.  Soon we hope, soon.

And a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my little nephew Jacob who turned 5 yesterday.  It’s exciting that Adessa and my nephew will be in Kindergarten at the same time this upcoming school year.  I always wanted cousins the same age as me but they were all much older. I also consider 5 to be a big birthday, because they are suddenly too old to be “toddlers” now.  I just consider it a crossing-over point where they are now big kids.