Things Daniel Says

Medical update on the bottom.

Ello Danny! (whenever he sees somebody)
All goh (for all done or all gone)
EeeeeT (when it’s time to eat)
Nigh-nigh (when he’s ready for bed)
Diapah! (When I go to change his diaper)
Eeen (When we plug something “IN!”)
Ow! (When we pull the plug OUT!)
Yight (Pointing at the Christmas lights)
Elp? (When he wants help with something)
Dow? (When he wants to be carried up or DOWNstairs)
Uhn, oo, tree (Learning to count to three… sometimes starts counting in Bulgarian I think?)
OH-pah! (When we pick him up or put him down)
uh-uh! (Approval)
EH. (disapproval)
No! (no!)
No-no. (It’s something not allowed)
Uh-oh! (Something’s wrong)

We’re practicing lots more and he chatters away all day and sings with songs. He opens the markers and draws on stuff and himself. He sings songs and sings along with any cd he’s played more than once.

Also, he repeats everything we say, so you can often hear him say things like, “Jordan, all done!”

Yesterday, Daniel had imaging done of her upper GI. It showed that his swallow is good, his stomach is good, and his small intestine makes the correct first loop. It also showed a significant episode of reflux. I don’t know whether to be concerned about that or not… he was laying on his back with an ounce of weird liquid recently pumped into his tummy. It’s something I’m still thinkin about. I know I don’t want a nissen (surgical) procedure done on him because of one not-uncomfortable-to-him wet burp. But we’ll be watching that. Happy the rest of his anatomy is in order!

Jordan waited a looooong time without food before they took him back to get ear tubes. When the doctor came out, she said that he had very hard balls of wax packed in each ear canal and she would definitely not have been able to get that out in the exam room. She said his eardrums weren’t that bad once she made it through the wax, but she put in the tubes anyway since it’s almost flu season and he does have classic Down Syndrome small canals. But she is optimistic that it’s the last time he’ll need them. Now I am also noodling over how to keep the hard wax from building up again. He’s got to be hearing better now!

It’s good to be back home. Spending the day at a hospital is not my favorite thing. I did get to visit with a new friend and meet their brand new Bulgarian daughter. Their little sweetie has leukemia, so they are looking at some significant hospital stay time. Pray for them and if you’re local, send them local restaurant gift cards! 😀

Introducing Rebeka Ryah!