Sunday, October 25, 2009

Yeah, it really has been a year.




11 specialists
6 weeks on oxygen
6 months in a helmet
4 days in the hospital
3 months on thickened fluids
1 surgery
1/2 million prods, pokes, doctor visits, and moments of worry




All of that put together can't dampen to the elation I feel when I hold him close with his soft, helmet-free and well-rounded head touching my skin. Or when he signs something so definitively I know for once exactly what he's thinking. Or when his whole face explodes into a smile because I walked into his line of sight. Or we laugh at each other laughing for 5 minutes straight.




2 comments:

Zoo Keeper Mom said...
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Unknown said...

there is nothing in the world better than a big smiley smile when you walk into a child's eye sight - it makes everything worth while.