As you all know, I love to look back at where Jack came from and how far he has come. So below are pictures from around this time one and two yers ago. His transformation is so incredible.
May 2006 (first time without oxygen when he was at home)
May 2007 (playing the fountain at the zoo)
May 2007 (playing the fountain at the zoo)
I'd like to share a quick little story with you that Matt shared with me today. A lady that he works with asked him ALL about Jack and wanted to know all what happened with me and him so Matt gave her a pretty quick version and then shared our website with her. She came into his work today and said how amazing Jack was and said that she would look at pictures of Jack and just have tears rolling down her face. She then apologized to Matt for having to endure all that pain, emotion and heartache and then Matt told her not to be sorry but to congratulate him for having such an awesome Miracle!!!! And he's right. There are so many people out there that apologize for having to go through what we went through with Jack but I'm not sorry, Matt's not sorry but we are happy. We are who we are for going through it all. We have such an awesome bond with Jack and we always will. He is such an amazing little man and I couldn't ask for more.
Okay, enough mushy stuff. On to the updates. I have a lot to update you on with Jack as well as BOB and my sister!!!!
1st; BOB!!! Bob is doing awesome. His surgical biopsy went well but he had to have the chest tube in for longer than planned because he developed an air leak in his lungs. He did finally get discharged late last week and then had an appt with his oncologist and it turns out that he has chemo-induced pneumonia!!!! (which is a good thing because it's not cancer in his lungs) So, he's off chemo for a while and then they will do another scan and go from there. PRAISE GOD!
2nd: My sister, Amy, had/has type 1 diabetes and she got a call last tuesday night that there was a pancreas for her. That night she had a full pancreatic transplant and today it's been a week and she is doing well. I believe she will be discharged to a living center/rehab for about 2 months. Her sugars have been awesome since the transplant so we pray that she continues to do well
3rd: JACK!!!!! He's awesome. We had a great long weekend with him. We traveled up to Angola to go to the humane shelter puppy/kitty birthday party and then to Matt's sisters house. We fell in love with a puppy at the shelter but I don't think we will bring her home. It's been a really tough decision for Matt and I. We both grew up with dogs and now we are having such a hard time deciding. At Matt's sisters, Jack got to see bunnies (bonga bonga bonga), chickens, geese, kitties, kitties and more kitties. He had a great time and he got to see all his cousins!!! Sunday we worked in the yard allllll day looonnngg and Jack had a great time. He helped plant grass seed, he helped put up trim along our flower bed, he rode his bike, he had dirt covering most of his face, he ate cookies all day, and he helped water the flowers. AWESOME day!!! And then Monday we took a long nap and then went to the YMCA to their splash park. It was free to the public for Memorial Day so we took advantage and had a great time with our friends Sam and Kaden.
Jack's ears are also doing well. He has been off of antibiotic for almost a week so keep your fingers crossed. We go for the follow up appt Wednesday so we will know more then. I was just looking back and he had his adnoids and tubes in 1 year ago on the day he just got his tubes last week. WEIRD!!!! We have just been dealing with this forever!!!!
Sorry I don't have more recent pictures. He is soooooo hard to get good pictures anymore because he never stops moving!!! He is a crazy man!!!
NEW WORDS:
kack mowlning= Jack Bowling
deeedeee= T.V
dahdee map= Daddy Matt
immmy= Uncle Jimmy
ohhhh maaaamm= oh man (like swiper the fox on Dora the explorer)
pupp ies (two words)= puppies
When you ask him is name he automatically says, "two Kack" because we always ask how old he is after. He is so darn smart. HA!
boooo= blue
dead= red
lellow= yellow
He says orange but I'm not sure how he spell what he actually says
puple= purple
geeeen= green
Oh, he says a lot more, I just can't think of anything else cute off the top of my head.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!
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