Home For Mother’s Day

This Mother’s Day, more than anything I am thankful that I have TWO children.  And I fully expect many more Mother’s Days with AT LEAST that many.

Rowan came home from the hospital yesterday.  After a rocky first hour home, he seems to have really settled in.  He seems to be feeling much better.  We could tell he felt sore and all around icky for a day or two after his cath.

So on a SUPER happy note – we are working on moving his meds around and in a few days, we will get to go from 10pm to 6am without giving meds!  Rowan sleeps pretty well when he’s been forced to work during the day (look forward to a “what therapy for Rowan looks like – Mommy style” post in the near future)…so it is mildly possible that we will sleep with Rowan home!!!

Evelyn is happy to have Rowan home and even happier that she got a Castle to play with as a present from the store so she has something new and exciting to play with while we adjust to caring for Rowan again.

Since Rowan came home, we have weaned his oxygen from 1 L to 3/4 of a L.  He was on 1/2 overnight and did fine, but wakes up congested in the mornings so we turned him back up. 

On the 25th, SoonerStart will begin servicing Rowan to provide therapy for him to help him catch up developmentally in all aspects.  This is a free service provided to families with children who have developmental delays in Oklahoma.  Another reason I am happy to pay for taxes and support several different social programs.  Insurance covered therapy for Rowan for 8 weeks.  After that, it is 100% out of our own pocket…and with him being hospitalized for near twice that, I’m pretty sure that 8 weeks of once a week visiting will not catch most kids up.  We are super thankful to all tax payers in Oklahoma that this service is available.

We are working on getting Rowan’s “wolf den” room together (Pinterest in the HOUSE) and getting our house set up to have wood floors installed to keep allergens down to help promote healthy living for Rowan.

Should be a busy few weeks ahead – hopefully they will not include Rowan being in the hospital unless it is for his Glenn!