Thursday, February 18, 2016

Please Touch Museum

I can't believe this was a month ago, but back in January, we ventured to Philadelphia to visit the Please Touch Museum for a special event called Play Without Boundaries.  


Play Without Boundaries provides families of children with disabilities the chance to play at the museum without crowds (as it opened before typical hours just for those who signed up for the event), without the music playing, and the lights turned low....for free.


We were lucky enough to meet our cousins there and got to have a tea party with one of them <3
"Helena, would you like a spot of tea?"

Isaiah had a TON of fun pretending throughout the day...buying a sandwich from some guy at the park (that's daddy;-) ) driving an ambulance, working at a train station....so much fun!


The best part of the day was playing on the accesible sail boat!


He really lit up when it would move.  We could have probably spent the whole day there. :)

A video posted by Vicky (@oibelieveinisaiah) on

Isaiah also got to ride his very first carousel. Twice!


He didn't actually ride on a horse as Daddy was very nervous about that idea, so instead we snapped that picture and hopped on the bench nearby. ;-)


It was a wonderful morning playing without boundaries!  The lack of crowds was a HUGE draw for us because it meant less people for Isaiah to bump into and less kids who were excited by Isaiah's chair and wanting to touch it. :)  The Please Touch Museum has this event four times a year...and we'll be watching for the next one. :)

Friday, February 12, 2016

Our Recent Pam Trip

In mid-January, we had our most recent pamidronate treatment.  Isaiah and I were lucky enough to have daddy come along!


The first day is always busiest since the nurses need to weigh Isaiah, get his port accessed, get blood work, etc...but he handled it all like such a champ this time!  Even after waking up ridiculously early...


Once his Pam was flowing, we saw Dr B and his PA, gave them the run down of everything, and entertained ourselves with our buddy Gavin and his dad.

Once we were finished at the hospital, we spent time napping in our room at the Ronald McDonald House (fun fact: they just finished renovations and we got to stay in a new room! Funner fact (I know funner isn't a word but it just flows, ok?): We stayed in the same room that Dave and I stayed in when Isaiah was first born and transferred to DuPont after he was born.)


and by napping, I mean I got to nap while Dave and Isaiah cuddled and played on the iPad because WHO NEEDS SLEEP? Not this crazy two year old.

We "rested" and had fun in one of the play rooms at RMH until it was dinner time and it was there that Isaiah rode this way cool rocking horse!!

I've eye-balled that thing every trip, but was always too intimidated to put him in...but with Dave's help, we successfully got him in and he loved rocking and yelling "giddy up!") ...and I even put him in again the next day by myself!  Woot woot!

After dinner, Isaiah was worn out (thank goodness...), and slept like a rock.  Day 2 of Pam (Isaiah's infusions last a few hours a day for 3 days) went off without a hitch.  We actually made record timing and were out of the hospital before noon that day! (Seriously, it was a record.)

We had lunch over at the House...


And then treated ourselves to dinner out at TGI Fridays (yay gift card!).  Isaiah was so cute at dinner, playing happily with his Captain Hook toys....acting things out, saying "tick tock tick tock..."


Showing us that he is really growing up!

After dinner, we cleaned up our room and got it ready so that we could check out of the McDonald House in the morning before headed up bright and early to the hospital and then it was time for the last day of Pam!


Isaiah spent time playing with his toys, had an echocardiogram done to check his heart (still waiting on the results but the tech saw no abnormalities...woo hoo!), and before we knew it, the morning was over, they were de-accessing his port, and we were out the door and on our way HOME.

The next few days required a certain someone to catch up on sleep.....even in the grocery store. haha :)

This week we've been dealing with a suspected tibia (lower leg) fracture.  His doctors know and we're caring for it at home thus far, splinted and giving medicines prescribed by his OI docs....the nights have been tough but his days are happy.  We're hoping to avoid X-rays on this one and praying for continued healing. <3

Oh, and Mr Isaiah turned two and a half yesterday!  I can't believe it's only 6 months until he turns 3! Time sure flies when you're a parent...



Happy Valentine's Day! <3

Monday, February 1, 2016

Hi There!

Sorry for the radio silence on the blog...I hope you haven't totally given up on me!  We're doing well and Isaiah is doing great! We just had another round of Pamidronate last week.  Isaiah has been battling a very ugly ear infection that we finally turned a corner on over the weekend...thank goodness for an effective antibiotic!



He's smiled and laughed through it all during the day...and we're grateful.  (The nights have been another story!)

I had an unofficial new years resolution to get my butt back to blogging regularly but clearly I couldn't keep up with that...even through the first week of January? Lordy!  So I am going to shoot for one post a week and see if I can keep up with that. :)  If you'd like to see Isaiah more, I do post frequently on our public instagram/facebook pages. :)

I have some posts started on our adventures at DuPont for pamidronate (and a shunt check that happened right before Christmas) and The Please Touch Museum (so much fun!), and playing in the snow so hopefully I can get them written and shared with you...so many cute pictures!  

We hope 2016 is treating you well! :)