Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Big Guy...little patience

Big E is doing well, but is getting very frustrated with the whole cast thing. It is really starting to itch him, so we have been giving benadryl at least 2x a day. He is sleeping pretty good, and has been taking naps again. Friday night he had a hard night and Saturday he was MR.CRANKY. Greg and I were is shock on how upset he was. He has not been that upset in at least 2 years! HE is very much into Star Wars and Tom and Jerry! Everything else is going pretty smooth. HE knows his Birthday is coming up and we decided to do Star Wars shopping via-Internet on Target.com and he just added 7 items to the cart by himself! Greg and I are convinced that either Ethan will be a doctor when he grows up or a computer wizard. He has taught me stuff on the computer. It is amazing!!! WE have been doing some school stuff and he really enjoys it. I am soooo excited for him to go to school again and of course the bonus is I will be there also. He will be going to Creme-Prep at Creme de la Creme. HE will be with kids that just turned 5 but could not go to kindergarten due birthday cut-off.
WE are just excited about the part of our lives to come to a end. 4 weeks down....4 weeks to go!!! WE are super proud of him....GO BIG E!!!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Spina Bifida Awareness Month


Our Sweet Boy!


This month is Spina Bifida Awareness month and I have thought a lot about what I wanted to write about what Spina Bifida means to me. And I still don't have all my thoughts in order yet but hopefully soon. One of my friend/SB mom has decided to feature 2-3 kids a day on her blog in honor of this month. Today, Ethan made her blog...so I am hoping that I get some new followers. So check out her blog at themclellands.blogspot.com...it is awesome!!

So what has been happening here at the Rine House....Ethan is overall doing pretty well. He does tend to get frustrated by the end of the day, but looks very forward to getting out of his cast. 3 weeks and 1 day down...hopefully 4 weeks and 4 days to go. He and I actually went to Tom Thumb this past Friday and Saturday we went to Target with Ita and he really enjoyed getting out of the house. I will probably try to take him out once a week. I was super proud of myself and of course Ethan!!!

Before Ethan had his surgery several people asked me "How can you put your son through such a surgery and plus all the casting"? At first, I didn't know how to respond to the question. But, after some thought I wanted reply to the question. We did this for him and to better his life....he has the ability to walk better. WE thought about it long and hard and had the support from a Dr. that is very honest and does not take things lightly. This was the best choice for him. It has been a rough few weeks but it can only get better.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Update: 2nd Cast

Just wanted to let everyone that Ethan's cast change will be November 2, 2010. We are hopefully that it will come off November 16th....before his birthday! We have pre-op on November 1st. It will be a busy week but looking forward too it!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Update: CT scan and Dr. Gray Appt.

The CT scan went beautifully. Ethan is such a trooper! We spent most of our day at Cook's and we stayed outside for fresh air while we waited for our dr. appt. Dr.Gray gave us a A++, it looks like Ethan will have his 2nd case put on the 28th of Oct. or November 1st. It looks like everything will be off by his Birthday!! We can't wait for this chapter of our lives to be complete. Thank you all of your love and support!

Monday, October 4, 2010

Going down Memory Lane....How 10 years go by so fast

Ethan: 4 1/2 years old

Ethan: 3 years old

Ethan: 18 months old

Wedding Day August 30, 2002

Engagement Picture 04/2002

Day by Day...is what I say!




So sorry that I have not blogged recently, I have been super busy with Ethan that I am so tired at the end of the day that getting on the computer is the last thing I can think about. Overall, we are doing pretty good. About Wednesday last week Ethan pretty much wanted out of his cast and was pretty emotional...which in turn brought me to tears. So we had a good cry and we lifted our heads up high and decided to move forward. He had a good weekend. WE go walking everyday for at least an hour and if he falls asleep it turns into a much longer walk. He really just wants my attention 150% of the time and he gets sad when he can't see me or hear my voice. Being confined has been hard on him. He likes his wheelchair and Fleetie and PawPaw got him a bean bag. So I move him between the sofa, wheelchair and bean bag. He has been sleeping really well the last few nights...thank you, Lord. We are going to have a CT scan done on Wednesday and see Dr. Gray right after. So we will see where we are at. I went out for a couple of hours yesterday which was good but I missed Ethan a lot. I was always looking in the backseat and missing our little conversations.