Our Sunshine Boys: growing up so fast

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Time certainly does fly

This is Ryan and Jack just 2 years ago. I can't even believe it. Ryan is 2 1/2 and Jack is 10 months old. Whew. I got up around 2 am to feed Evan and I started thinking about how fast they are growing. I started to reminisce and look at old pictures. We certainly didn't know that we were going to be a family of 5, 2 years ago.

I am very tired these days from having to get up several times to feed Evan. Why am I up at 330AM when I've put Evan back down an hour ago....hmmmm. I am wide awake feeling very thankful for my husband and children. I am so very blessed. All of our children have had health issues but are fine. God is awesome.

I'm going to bed now. Evan will probably be up again in a 1 1/2 hours.

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!

About the boys

As of 3/31/08

Ryan is 4 1/2 years old. He is in preschool and loves every minute of it. He loves to color and he loves Larry Boy, the superhero from Veggie Tales.

Jack is almost 3 and he is the aggressive one. He likes to pick on his older brother. Even though he picks on Ryan, he likes to do whatever his big brother does.

Evan is 4 months old but is the size of an average newborn. He was born 9 weeks early. He was only 1 lb 15 ounces and 12 1/2 inches long at birth.

All of the boys have had their medical issues.

Ryan was diagnosed at birth with hydrocephalus. He was shunted at 3 days old. That shunt failed at about a year old. That is when the docs performed a third ventriculostomy. That failed one month later and was redone. His last surgery was January 2009 when he was 5. He has MRI's annually to make sure the hydrocephalus is under control.

Jack was diagnosed at 3 months old with hydrocephalus. He was shunted immediately but that shunt failed at 7 months old. They performed a third ventriculostomy and he has not had another surgery since. He has MRI's once a year.

Evan was born Intrauterine Growth Restricted(IUGR). He was born at 31 weeks 3 days gestational age. He was only 1 lb 15 ounces and he spent almost 2 months in the NICU.