Tsk Tsk Tsk, Betty Crocker is such an amateur...
Oh, hello BINK! I've missed you!
Don't let the monkey bib fool you... I'm a badass!
Clapping for himself.. and yes, he deserves it..lol!
I'm a happy boy!!!
Just ready for Cole's big baseball game at Morral Park!! I am the fill-in guy in case someone doesn't show.... watch out SPARTANS!!
Just showing my nurse how to 'walk like an Egyptian'!
Big Bro Cole chillin' in the hot tub! And yes, you can count his ribs from here but I swear we feed him! I guess doing all that P90X at his Dad's house is working...lol!
This Babies-R-Us photographer is sooo particular.. "lean back, head to the side, look relaxed' sheesh.. modeling is crazy!
In Daddy's office...
Having a blast.. even though my socks are pulled up to my knees! haha
The Dink.
Well Mommy I'm sick and tired of you always making Indian food and making the whole house smell like curry.. we are from OHIO! How about a pot roast for once? sheesh.
Alright Daddy, give me your phone, I will find a ref for tomorrow's game.. it can't be that hard!
HAHA.. no, this is NOT Nicholas Cage's mugshot, it's Dink's first haircut..LOL
First haircut... thanks Grandma Trudy!
Passed out in the camper... tired of seeing Mommy beat Daddy at Scrabble again!
With his beloved NICU nurses, Kim and Michelle..
I'm not sure where to begin.. so much has happened since the last update. I wasn't sure if the blog was still visited so I kind of let it slack for a couple months but lately have heard from people that they still check it and think of little Linc.. so here we are, updating finally :)! April was a good month.. .Linc had his first haircut.. he did sooo well and was such a big boy! I think it helped that my best friend's mom was the barber "Grandma Trudy".. and Cassy was there to hold him so I could take pics.. he was the little celebrity in the salon.. they had all been following his progress so I think they were happy to meet little Linky Dink finally!
May went by so fast! Lincoln stayed healthy and happy and we kept busy with ballgames and school... we are loving the summer days! We took Lincoln to Ridgedale's graduation ceremony.... and it was HOT in that gym... what we found out later is that Lincoln cannot get overheated, or sweat at any point. He must be kept in air-conditioning or by a fan at all times in the heat. If he sweats it will cause sweat to form under his broviac dressing which can/will cause a central line infection. I guess if you think about it, he has this dressing and port in his chest that covers about 1/3 of his chest area.. It would have to be uncomfortable and I can see how easy it would be for that to sweat.. knowing how dangerous line infections are, we now realize that we cannot take him to those events any longer. Our doctors told us if we are hot and need to drink water, that he is 10x hotter.. that is sad for us since we love the outdoors and the water. Thanks to his broviac central line he cannot ever be in water, get wet, or sweat. That kind of limits our summer activities lol.. but that's no big deal compared to what this little guy has been through.
June is here and has been both good and bad... the good part is Greg has now crossed the line into adminstration! He is now the Assistant Principal/Athletic Director for grades 6-12 at Ridgedale... I am soo happy for him.. he is such a dedicated, hardworking, enthusiastic person.. I know he will do very well in his new position! Go Rockets!!
The bad part of June so far is that Lincoln is back in the hospital.. but hopefully only for one more night... as I was rocking him Sunday evening I thought he felt a little bit warm.. I took his temp and it was 101.3.. I took it again in thirty minutes and it was 102.3.. so I called our team and they said to bring him straight to Children's... this was likely a central line infection again.. so we frantically packed and took off to Children's.. we called ahead but due to the fact that it was a Sunday evening we were forced to go to the ER to get admitted.. well that turned out to be a FREAKING disaster!!! We spent 5 hours in that horrible ER.. all those sneezing, coughing, hacking, crying people.. grrrrrrr... that was not what was supposed to happen.. it was 1:30am before we got to a room in the GI unit finally.. so Linc had NO meds or fluids for the whole 5 hours and was exposed to WHO KNOWS WHAT... I seriously almost freaked out on some people.. I know they were busy but when you have a kid with a fever that has a CENTRAL LINE.. you kinda move on it.. but no... oh well.. over and done with. So, the final result is that he has para-influenza.. and not a line infection.. ! If he has no fever tonight they will let him go home tomorrow...
I would love to post more pics and info but it's late and it's been a long week so off to bed we go... but we will post again soon.. thanks for reading Lincoln's blog.. and thank you all for the thoughts and prayers!
