Aiden's Amazing Life: Two More Weeks!!!

Even though I have been through this process before, it still amazes me how fast the weeks fly by!! Two weeks from now, Michael, Aiden and I will make the trip back go Chicago to remove these bubbles!!! It's crazy to associate a bit of excitement with any type of surgery but the relief of not having to worry about bubbles anymore is exciting!!

Aiden is still doing great with the process and that definitely makes it easier on us to keep chugging alone. He is starting to struggle with finding the sweet spot to fall asleep in but the poor kid is limited with options!! The left side is weighed down by his bubbles and his right side has a cast on it so it's no surprise that he flops around for quite some time before finally settling. BUT that's the only thing that slows him down!!!

Aiden had his 8th and 9th fill since I lasted posted and everything went great! Since we are only filling one bubble, it goes by really quick too!! For the 8th fill, I put in 60cc, leaving the bubble at 680cc!!!! It felt good to know that getting to 750cc wasn't going to be hard at all with a hopeful three fills left!! The 9th fill allowed me to put in 55cc, which was even more exciting because our total was now 735cc....just 15cc away from the size that the expander is at 750!!!! I know these can hold much more than that but it's such an accomplishment to get over the size that gets placed!!! This makes up for the fact that Aiden's shoulder one is no longer being expanded!

Aiden after his 9th fill!!! 735cc

I'm going to end this blog post with some BIG, BIG news!!! Last week, the hole in Aiden's shoulder incision was slowly growing. Not by much but still slightly growing. Then, all of the sudden, it seemed slightly smaller! I thought my mind was playing tricks on me until the next day, I could no longer see through the hole! It appeared that the gauze/bandaid was working similar go how a wet to dry dressing would work and it started closing! It was lucky that we didn't have gravity working against and it wasn't actually a hole on the bubble when it first started. Never expected it to close so, it is really exciting that is has!!! Even if it decides to shift again and reopen, we will definitely make it to our scheduled surgery, which is awesome news!!!!!!!