Subtitle: “How to give a sponge bath, change an ostomy pouch, navigate around a catheter, and change two diapers all while wrestling a squirmy 8-month old baby”
Well, we just did it- we just experienced giving Joshua a sponge bath. It was quite the adventure. Joshua’s baths are normally slightly unusual. We only give him baths when [...]
Archive for December, 2008
On double diapers, ostomy, and catheter
Posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anniversary at the Zoo
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today is Michelle and my sixth anniversary. Needless to say we never expected to spend one of our anniverseries in Cincinnati, but we decided to make the most of things. We spent the afternoon with Joshua at the Cincinnati zoo. We had a great time. Here are a couple pictures.
Here’s Joshua watching the swimming birds [...]
Joshua’s first tooth
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was putting some Baby Oraljel in Joshua’s mouth and felt a tooth on the top gums. (I thought the bottom ones were supposed to come first.) He has been drooling a lot and chewing on anything he could get his hands on. This has also led to additional fussiness and waking up in the [...]
Merry Christmas from Cincinnati
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We celebrated the birth of our Savior in a new city this year. We were able to continue a couple of our traditions including having some pink grapefruit courtesy of a fruit basket from the Hales at our home church in NC. Mamaw brought a special gift for Joshua, Michelle, and me as well.
We also [...]
12-24-08 Update
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Joshua was discharged today around noon, and we have settled back into the hotel until his appointment on Monday. After that, we will go to my parents house until his follow up visit on January 7th.
The little guy is doing well. He contentedly rolled around the floor for awhile before going down for a three-hour [...]
12-23-08 Update
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Joshua continues to improve. He should be discharged tomorrow although we will have to stay close to the hospital until his catheter comes out on Monday. It’s late, so I will just put up a few pictures from the hospital and do another update tomorrow when he is discharged.
Here is Joshua a few hours after [...]
12-22-08 Update
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The great news continues as the Lord answers the prayers of many. Joshua came through surgery “beautifully” in the words of our doctor. Joshua went in to surgery around 8am today. We waited until we got word that they had started the surgery before heading down to the cafeteria for breakfast with Mom, Hillery, and two [...]
12-21-08 Update
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Joshua was admitted to the hospital at 10:30 this morning. He had to go through a four-hour cleaning out process with a tube down his nose. He really didn’t like the process, but he slept through a little over half of it. The tube came out around 7:30pm, and now he’s back to his normal self. The nurses [...]
12/19/08 Update #2
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a few additions to our post from this afternoon. We found out today that Joshua’s surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am on Monday morning. He will be admitted to the hospital on Sunday at 10:30 am so that they can clean out his bowels for 24 hours beforehand. If things go as they seem [...]
12-19-08 Update
Posted in Joshua Charles Harris on December 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Praise the Lord for His goodness to His children!!! We met with Joshua’s surgeon, Dr. Levit, today. He told us that all three tests (kidneys, bladder, & spine) all came back negative for defects. He also told us that Joshua’s rectum is lower than it appeared to be in the earlier tests at Duke. He [...]
