Mason being Mason

In true Mason fashion, he has developed a complication from the new G/J-Tube. Sunday evening, stomach contents started leaking out around Mason's new tube. At one point, the front of his shirt was yellow. After trying to manage it ourselves, we placed a call to U of M Pediatric Surgery as we had not had a chance to talk our the local doctors regarding Mason new "hardware". The doctor was able to give a list of things to try but they did not work! Fortunately, we had a followup appointment with Dr Knight, Wichita surgeon. He quickly settled our frazzeled nerves and stated the obvious, "he has a leaky tube." He said that we need to try to stabilize the tube so that it does not create a bigger opening and keep the site as clean as possible. Try explaining to a one-year old that he needs to keep the tube from moving! Dr Knight's calming demeanor was very reassuring. We can manage this just like everything else that Mason has thrown our way.

As expected, Mason has figured out how to move. He is pretty much crawling every where. He is not as fast as he was with his "army" crawl but it will only be a matter of time. He is back to chasing his sister and beating on her door when she goes into her bedroom and shuts the door. He is getting back to his normal self with a few added bonuses. He has now learned how to scream for no reason other than he loves the sound of it. There was one day on our way back from Michigan that we were in our hotel room and Mia was having a "moment". She expressed herself with a scream which we quickly tried to stop only to have Mason continue the screaming for her. We could not help but laugh. Mia says, "Thank you Mason for taking the attention off of me so that I didn't get in trouble."

That's it for now. I was suppose to go back to work this morning but I didn't think it was fair to leave Grandma with Mason and his new leaky tube without training her first. She has had a lot of experience with this type of stuff so I think she will do great. So, I head back to work this afternoon. I have already been through my 500 work e-mails so I should be ready to go!