Thursday, October 4, 2007

Bouncing Back

It's amazing how fast these babies bounce back from surgery. Landon is pretty much back to his old self again. He does have a lot more separation anxiety - he won't go to anyone else but me right now. He is back to playing on the floor with all his toys - as long as I'm sitting right there with him. Of course the last time he was taken from me they cut his head open so I'm sure it's just a side effect of that. Every day it gets better so he'll be back to his friendly self before long. We gave him the tylenol with codeine the first two days for the pain and then just went to regular tylenol. So far today he hasn't needed anything for the pain - he's been happy and playing all day.
We have noticed a few things that have changed with him since the surgery. He no longer does the scooting on his head with his back arched. He crawls on his tummy with his head up. He also doesn't throw his head back like he did when you hold him. He is doing a lot better with his head control and sitting by himself. The surgery has definitely made a difference in his balance issues.

This is the day after surgery - one of his ears sticks out a little but the other one doesn't.
The first side they did.
The second side. You think they could have at least shaved the same amount. Oh well, it is already starting to grow back so it won't be long.

3 comments:

Mom to Toes said...

He is healing so fast. Look at him!

:-D

Karen Putz said...

Glad everything went well! Here's to a great journey ahead!

Jennifer said...

He looks terrific...sparkly-eyed (I didn't pull that off for WEEKS!)!! I'm so glad the little fella came through so well! I know you're relieved!