I want to start off with the best update of all, my mom. It seems that God has answered all of our prayers and my mom does NOT have cancer. WoooHooo!!! She has what is called Cyclical Neutropenia. It's basically where her body for some reason does not always produce the right amount of white blood cells. Her doctor has been observing her over the past couple of months and he noticed that when her count is down is when she feels tired, blah and more prone to bacterial infections. The bone marrow test also came back that she does not have any abnormalities. That's great information for both me and my sister because my mom was adopted. She is still loosing weight, not able to eat much and having lots of pain in her side where she had shingles 7 years ago. Her doctor is sending her back to the gastro dude to try and figure out what's going on there. For now, we are praising Jesus for taking care of my momma!!!!
Reed is now 20 months old and full of life and energy. He's the happiest little boy and gets so excited about the simplest things. I'm cherishing and loving every minute of what little alone time I have left with him. I get sad sometimes when I think about it not being just me and him anymore. He's my little buddy. He's such a little talker like his daddy and we are starting to understand him more and more every day. He's growing up WAY to fast. Speaking of growing, we were referred to see a pediatric endocrinologist for his growth. A while back I posted a blog about Jason going through puberty at the age of 2, something called precocious puberty. I know funny, weird and crazy all at the same time. There is a significant amount of family history with the Blakely boys and precocious puberty so we always knew that this could be a possibility with Reed. At his 18 month well check the pediatrician finally started showing some concern with Reed and his growth...with both his height and his boy parts. He weighs 36.6 and is 37 inches tall. Those put him way over the growth curve for his age and in about the 50-60% for a 3 year old. So, we finally got in to see the endocrinologist and still don't really know much and probably wont for a few months. She took lots of measurements, including his boy parts which was extremely awkward, took blood and sent him to have what is called a
hemi-skeleton to help determine what his body really thinks his age is. Once she gathers all of this information we will go from there. It could be that he is taking after my dad and going to be a big boy or that he is in the beginning stages of precocious puberty. Jason is such an amazing father and I know that if it turns out that Reed has what he had, he will be able to help and prepare him for some of the life changes that he will have to deal with.
As for me and baby we are still continuing to grow at a steady pace. For some reason this little boy has decided he did not like being head down anymore and has flipped. He still has some time to flip back so I am trying not to get myself too worked up yet about a c-section. Since he has decided to do this he is now causing me a great deal of pain in my hips and butt. I look ridiculous when I'm walking because I don't really walk, I have to waddle. I'm sure I look overly dramatic but if I walk normal it sends a shooting pain through my body. Picking up Reed is becoming extremely difficult and trying to get comfortable to sleep at night is almost impossible and I still have 8 weeks to go...WHEW. My doctor is still planning on inducing me at 39 weeks. Since my delivery last time was super crazy fast she does not want to take the chance of me delivering at home...I really don't want to either.
I think that's all the exciting news I have for now.
