Day 22...The LAST DAY!!! October 1, 2010

Well, what do you know...I woke up this 'morning' to see on Facebook a post from Juan that said when he and Nurse Melanie turned Aiden's pins...they both turned 1 and a 1/2 times and they came to a screeching halt...  You know what that means?  Pin turning is DONE!  WOOHOO!!!  I had a feeling it would be soon, but we had no  idea HOW soon.  Dr. Patel put the longest distractor made in Aiden, and we turned them to the fullest extent.  And I've got to say, the results have FAR surpassed my expectation 10,000 fold. (wow...that's a lot.)  I would like to think Aiden understands that his daily nuisance is over.  The next step is another surgery to remove the pins.  He does have to 'go under', and it's a 20 minute procedure.  I would love for it to happen soon so that there is no more risk of infection. We miraculously made it through without one...we want to keep it that way!!!  We'll find out this Thursday.  I think I may write his nurse, Alma, to let her know that the pins have stopped turning, and maybe they could schedule the pin removal sooner.  Wishful thinking!!!

He wanted Mama!

Uh-oh...Aiden is stirring..I may be continuing this later.  Shhhhhhhh....he's been stirring and tossing and turning all nite!  I hope his ears aren't bothering him from all the throwing up he's been doing.  He seems to tug at them now and again.  So far, he is still sleeping.  I had to pick him up one time after I gave him Motrin to help him fall back to sleep.  He needed some tender love...  I spoke too soon....he's up!  ------  I think I just had to remove the humidity hose...it was getting in his way...maybe he'll stay asleep.  I still gotta put his HME/filter on, but he keeps batting my hand away...feisty little sleeper!

Today was pretty, well...SHORT!  I woke up at 4-ish...and by the time I showered and got ready, it was 5:30pm.  Everyone was in the front yard enjoying our first beautiful day of October.  Aiden was in his little red car beeping at everyone that passed... celebrating the last day of pin turning.  He looks AMAZING!!! He's so beautiful...although he always was.  But you know what I mean.  After I took my only two (crappy) pictures, I asked Juan if he'd want to go to Trader Joe's.  It was the one day of the week that we have a nurse till 7pm.  Gotta take advantage.  I needed some healthy good.  I've just been eating junk.  We got in and out and home before 7pm...we were on a mission.  Done just in time for Melanie to head home. The rest of the evening was pretty uneventful.  Eating, playing, me doing chores, me going laundry...and before we knew it, it was time to get Aiden ready for bed.  He fell asleep pretty darned quickly.  He had a normal day, in the nap department. He's been soooo restless though. I hope my taking off his humidity hose will let him sleep.  To pass the time and since I failed miserably with taking pics today, I decided to make a photo album of each day during the 22 day pin turning.  It took some patience...I had to search for the right pictures, date them and put them in order.  It's pretty amazing when you look at them in this manner.  Here's the link... Step By Step...Aiden's Transformation .  I still can't get over how different he looks!

Well, I better go check on Aiden.  Pardon the blurry profile shot...you can still see the difference, though!! Good night everyone!!!

The picture on the left is from September 8, 2010 & the picture on the right is from October 1, 2010....