10 Months Old!

Josiah is 10 months old today!  We praise God for our ten months with him.  He celebrated with creamed corn for lunch and a delightful mixture of green beans and peaches for dinner.  Graham and I celebrated with Starbucks and a date on the couch watching a movie.  

We both noticed that Josiah's face seems puffier today.  If something is becoming blocked in Josiah, fluids could back up and cause his face to become puffy.  Please pray about this.

The lovely wound care specialist came today and suggested some new taping possibilities and gave me some skin cream to try on Josiah's cheeks.  I showed her a blog that my aunt told me about and she ordered a sample of one of the tapes for me that was recommended.  It may also be that Josiah's skin will be sensitive to any tape.  His poor cheeks get so red as you can see from the photo.   (Please note that the tapes in the top photo look horrible but I didn't want to change them until the nurse saw what was happening.)

Josiah certainly put on a show for the nurse; he was going at his tapes with all his might.  Even with thick socks on his hands, I'm sure his tube would have come out if I hadn't been there to stop him.  We changed his tapes this afternoon and tried Duoderm with Tegaderm over top and sealed the edges with a Cavilon wipe.  I haven't tried that last step before so I'm hoping it works.  It worked well when she tried it on my arm.

I was talking to Isaac about Jesus yesterday (while he was being disciplined).  He said that Jesus is in heaven and I was starting to explain how Jesus is also in Mommy and Daddy.  He laughed and pulled on my shirt saying, "Jesus is in Mommy's tummy?"  I'm so thankful Jesus walks with us through this journey.

I'm going to say goodnight.  We thank you so much for your love and prayers.   

Blessings,

Elizabeth

Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.