Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Eye surgery and Milestones by 14 months

Eye surgery

JJ finally had his strabismus surgery on October 9, 2018.  They loosened his eye muscles to help prevent them from crossing.  Surgery was, thankfully, uneventful!

While his eyes are not 100% looking the right direction the change is noticeable!!

Milestones

As a hydrocephalus baby, JJ is behind on hitting milestones.  Along with having a massive head, he also has low muscle tone, so things like sitting up, or holding his head up is twice as hard as it would be for a regular baby.  Since his last surgery in April 2018, he's been hitting more and more milestones. JJ finally started rolling:


...and then army crawling:

And just today, dada put him in front of the table and he stood, unassisted, for 30 seconds!!

Since JJ's shunt has been working, it has made all of the difference!!  More updates to follow as they happen