Sunday, November 28, 2010

Midnight Sale

"Mommy, daddy and I had Midnight sale in this big store and there were lots of people grabbing stuff to put in their carts. I can't believe how fast they shop and seemed like they were all in a hurry to be in line to the cashier. I got tired and thirsty after an hour of shopping with mommy and daddy so mommy gave me my milk. Daddy said they bought lots of presents for me, for my birthday and for Christmas. Yey! I can't wait on those days so I can have my presents".

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Zac's fourth ultrasound and its result for his Hydronephrosis

We all woke up early morning yesterday for Zac's 9:30AM kidney ultrasound at Riley Children's Hospital. We were called right away after we were registered and the ultrasound probably lasted for only 10- 15 minutes. Zac was very cooperative and he didn't gave the sonographer a hard time. They checked for the size and the amount of fluid found in his kidney, took a picture of them and submitted them to his Urologist. i guess another reason why Zac didn't give a fist is because of the TV his watching hehe.

We were called again for the result, but before the urologist came, a nurse took a sample of Zac's urine. She made Zac lay down in the bed and sticked a plastic bag on his private organ and hope that he will pee. i gave Zac a bottle of milk because I am sure that drinking milk will make him pee and he did pee after 5 minutes of drinking. My husband called the nurse and the nurse took the urine sample. Another doctor went in  the room and check Zac's belly if there is any lump but good thing that he found nothing. At last the urologist came, he brought the cd and ran it in the computer. He showed to us the previous pictures of Zac's kidney and the latest one. He showed us the comparison and told us that his right kidney is NEGATIVE to hydronephrosis and his left kidney has still the same amount of fluid found on his last ultrasound (June 2010).

We saw on the pictures there were no changes in his left kidney. The good thing about it is that at least it didn't get worse. His urologist categorized Zac's hydronep in stage 2 (There are 4 stages of hydronep and 4 is the worst). He said again the same thing, that he don't need to go under any medication because his condition is MODERATE and 80% of this resolve by itself. For now all we can do is to monitor him and regular ultrasound for his kidney. His Urologist wants to see him again after 9 months.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

My friend's son was diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) at a very young age of 9 months. I would like to share you guys the website that my friend created to give information about the said blood disorder.

Feel free to visit the website and share it to your friends. Thank you!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Zac walking at 10 months old

Zac is taking steps more and more everyday and yesterday, he walked approximately 10 feet. Hubby called me and said "Look! He walked on his own!He was here leaning on the couch, turned around and just walked!". So I grabbed the camera right away and this is what I caught on cam.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Where is Zachary?

I was in the living room doing something on the computer while Zac was playing with his toys. I noticed that I didn't hear any noise (which he normally does) while he was playing so I knew that he was up to something. I looked for him and when I found him, I grabbed the cam and took a pic of him. Can you find him in this picture?



For those curious on what he was doing back there, he was playing with his grandpa's books. Zac loves books and everytime he sees his grandpa's book collection, he always get into it. We hide those books all the way at the back of the recliner so that he won't mess with them but he still found them hehe. Zac has his own books but for some reason, he also likes his grandpa's books.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

One step at a time

November 1st is the first time that Zac took 3 steps without me holding him, My dad-in-law, husband of my sister-in-law and I were the witnesses. We were all glad when we saw him bravely taking few step at a time. The number of his steps is progressing everyday. Today, he walked 2 feet on his own, I would say it took him 12 to 15 steps to walk 2 feet. I am really happy about the progress that's going on with Zac. I love you son!