Today marked a milestone for Connor’s recovery…

Mommy and Daddy had to take Connor’s bandages off today.  Something that supposedly only should have taken 20-30 minutes ended up taking nearly 1.5 hours.  Daddy had to call the doctor to get some reassurance that he was doing it right.   Connor sat in the tub the entire time.  His feet and my hands looked like raisins by the time we were done.

The problem was Daddy had to find the end of the “plastic wrap” bandage and peel it back.  Well, imagine for a second that you tightly wrapped a piece of fruit in saran wrap (plastic wrap).  So tight that you can’t find the the edge to unwrap it.  Now imagine that piece of fruit is wiggling around, crying, screaming, wiggling, screaming, crying, wiggling, screaming…(get the picture) AND has a catheter sticking out one end of it that is only held in by 1 tiny little stitch.

Do you think you can done it in less time?!?!?!?  If so, I have some diapers you can change over the next 10 days.  😉

We were finally able to get the bandages off without causing any damage to the area that is healing.

That was a big relief for us!!!!!!!!!!

Connor is doing just fine.  He is walking around, eating, playing, and being as active as ever.  We had to take all ride’em toys and push toys away from him for the next 6-8 weeks.  Connor and I can’t play hide and seek either as we have to keep his activity to a minimum.  Hopefully he will be all healed up in about 5-6 weeks so we can take him to the neighborhood pool.

The doctor said everything went well and Connor was able to return home with us this afternoon.

Here is a short video of Connor recovering in bed with Mommy and Daddy this afternoon.  As you can seen, he is not quite his normal self, but he did manage to play peek-a-boo with Mommy and Daddy.

We would like to thank everyone that had us in their thoughts and prayers!

Love,
Donnie

Here’s Connor and Brenna last year at this time…

and this year…

It was Daddy’s birthday today and we celebrated all weekend.  Friday night, we went to Grandma’s house, Saturday Daddy played golf with Uncle Danny and then went to dinner with Mommy, and Sunday we went over to Grandpa and Mimi’s house for Daddy’s birthday cookout.  Uncle Chad, Aunt Catherine, and my two cousins Brenna and Gavin were there too!

Here are a few pictures of today’s activities.

Love,

Connor

Check out the gallery for the latest pictures.  I added some from 04-18-2009 as well.

Here are a few of my favorites…

Connor and his cousin Brenna visited the elephants at the Hampton Coliseum.  The elephants are in town for the circus.

Connor’s surgery, which was originally scheduled in February is to be performed on Monday morning at 9am.

Be sure to keep Connor in your thoughts and prayers.

Thank you.

Love,

Connor, Mommy, and Daddy

Check out Connor’s gallery for the latest pictures.

Love,
Daddy

Connor visited Bay Creek (Daddy, Uncle Danny’s, and Uncle Buck’s favorite golf course) on the Eastern Shore.

Here is a short video.

A posting from Grandma…

When Daddy and Connor came over last evening, I had the wooden candy dish on the table in the living room with a few M&Ms.  I showed him the dish, he took one, put it in his mouth and then put it back into the dish because he wasn’t sure what to do with it.  Once Daddy bit one in half and gave it to Connor, he figured out it was a sweet treat and it was all over.  He headed right back to the candy dish and had another.  It was so cute.  He would be busy playing and then the thought crossed his mind and he didn’t want anyone to block his way as he headed quickly back to the dish.  Once, when he was playing, I said the word “candy” and he stopped, thought for a
moment and started to head to the candy dish.  It was so funny!

Love
Grandma