Ouchy

Tyler's stomach sutures are looking angry and red today. He is also irritable. This won him a long trip to the pediatrician. He's now on antibiotics with warm compresses to help get rid of the infection. We are all hoping the infection is just skin deep and not into his hardware
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Otherwise he doing great. He's eating more than he did pre surgery per day. At this rate I expect him to be bigger than Rachel next month. He's over 10 pounds despite not eating for a day because of surgery. He spent much of the morning awake and looking around. He isn't sleeping as much during the day. Thankfully he is sleeping well at night and only waking to eat around 2 and 6 am. His right eye is tracking much better now and doesn't look like a lazy eye now. Other than painful tummy sutures, he seems to be a very happy baby.

This is a picture of both Rachel and Tyler before surgery. It took 2 months for her to want to hold her baby brother. She has become very attached to him now. I think she was more upset not seeing Tyler than being left by her parents. She is very concerned about his ouchy on his head and when he cries. She usually get right in his crying face saying "baby crying" or "baby hungry".

This is Tyler right after surgery in the hospital. We love the hat they put on him. It reminds us of the movie "The Christmas Story" where Ralphy has to wear the bunny pajamas. He needed to wear this until Monday night. It kept the bandage on his head and pushed the skin that was used to bulging out back onto his head. Most of his bump is gone now. What is left is were the valve and tube stick out of his skull and the tube snaking down ti his neck. His body and hair will grow around most of that.