No More NICU!

Today was a great day! Elias was released from the NICU and joined us in the room this afternoon. He has had so many appointments with so many different people, and hes doing so well. They're pretty much give him "the works" as to eliminate things that could also be wrong in addition to his hands and feet.

Lets see...the OT lady came and gave us some different techniques to try with his hand and thumb. When working with right right hand, the one that he likes to keep bent at the wrist, she was able to get him to completely straighten it out, which is awesome! We just need to work on him keeping his wrist straighter. She thinks there might be a little webbing problem with his left thumb, explaining why he holds it in so tight to his palm.

Orthopedics came and took a look at his hands and feet. They said they were gonna collaborate and come back tomorrow with a more complete game plan.

I was down in the NICU with him snuggling when a lady came in to do a hearing test. She put these big headphones and a few electrodes on him, and then turned the machine on. Apparently it sends signals to the brain and can determine your hearing, as opposed to him reacting to sounds in his ear. So cool! He slept through the whole thing lol.

He had a CT scan. Everything was great. Neurology ordered an MRI and CT scan to rule out anything in the brain. He did great for the CT scan, and he'll get the MRI tomorrow.

He had an ultrasound of his kidneys that came back great, so it looks like that skin tag is simply just a skin tag. Im going to ask the pediatrician at our next appointment when we can have it removed.

Thats all for now. I'm probably missing a few things, but Elias feel asleep on my chest and I'm about to conk out as well. Goodnight