How we are coping....

I'm feel like I've been slacking with the posts! It's because life has been alittle hectic to say the least - with Simon's symptoms and behavioral reactions to them, end of summer crazies, and big brother broke his finger and sprained his ankle.... so everyone is cooped up and going bonkers!

Well, the above picture coincides with the title of this post! We have planned many times to get rid of the binkie..... but then something would happen with his health, and we couldn't do it....

Then it was when he turns four - which is just in about 10 days....

Well, we just went to the dentist - and he is all for not getting rid of the binkies! So there, we are keeping the binkies for awhile longer. And in the picture above you can understand why. Now he does not put all the binkies in his mouth usually - but this does describe how he feels about them! They are his security - his blankie so to speak - and while we are trying work on his high energy behavior - we thought taking away his main security may not help things too much.

I know we will get some slack for this - and already have over the last year! Luckily for us - he is still just the size of a turning 3 year old - so that may help some. We know that he won't be going off to high school or walking down the isle carrying his binkies.

As far as his Perthes goes - we are coming off the most recent flare. He still limps more than early in the summer, and we aren't sure what that means as far as the final outcome of this disease, but we are using less Motrin, and he is sleeping now through the night. So for that we have to be happy. His limp is more pronounced in the morning and tapers off in the afternoon.

We don't see the Ortho MD until November. We've considered going back up to Seattle Children's hospital where we had a second opinion last Feb to have them look at his xrays again... but I haven't gotten around to making the appointment. They seem to be in line with what our current doctor has done, so it seems like a big trip to just get some pat answers. However, for the peace of mind we will probably do it. You want to know that you did everything you could when you are facing a not so perfect outcome like we have been prepped for. Until next time!