15 months old and some more medical news

Lucy turned 15 months old yesterday! I really can't believe she is 15 months old. Seems like any day now she will be 18 months old and then 2 years old! She is growing up so fast and learning new things seems like every day.

She had her 15 month doctor visit yesterday. Her stats:

20 lbs., 14 oz.

30" tall

Head was 18 3/4" around

She got two shots and the doctor was really proud of how well she's doing and her motor skills and the words she can say. She can say: "Nina", "papa", "hot", "dance", "more", "thank you", "please", "mmmmm" (when talking about or looking at food),"dada", and "no-no". She knows how to ask for music to play, how to ask for snacks or water, and she can let me know when she's done eating. She can make some animal sounds like an elephant and a bird. She loves to dance, swing, and climb stairs. She really likes those little Cozy Coupe cars and she likes being pushed around in a car or a tricycle at the park. She likes chasing birds and squirrels.

She's really just a joy to be around (most of the time!). She definitely knows how to throw a tantrum but luckily for now they are few and far between, and occur most times when we take long car trips or when she's tired. She sleeps through the night and has been for quite a while now. She's not nursing anymore ... we stopped that in April.

As for the medical side of things ... we knew she was scheduled to have a head CT done about 6 months after her surgery. However, as I mentioned before, her eye doctor needed to have a specific view done at the same time. So we scheduled her for July 18th. I was under the impression that they would not have to sedate her (actually, I was TOLD we would not have to sedate her) and I was really happy about that. But I got a call today from the radiology department at Scottish Rite and first they said that they couldn't do the head CT and the CT view that the eye doctor needed on the same day. I was kind of upset about the thought of having to take her in TWICE to do a CT. Then they called me back later and said that they could do them on the same day. Not quite sure yet if they mean they can do them at the same time ... hoping to find out soon. But they said in order to do what the eye doctor needs, they will have to sedate her and that means she can't eat anything and she can only drink clear liquids after 4:00am that morning, and nothing to eat or drink after 8:00am. We have to be there at 8:45am. That probably won't be the hardest part, but I hate having her sedated. There's always risks associated with it, and it means they will have to keep her and watch her until she comes around, which means we will be there longer than I expected. But if we ever want to know what can be done about her eyes, I suppose we have to have this done. Part of me just wants to forget the whole eye thing, but I'd hate to need to something about it later and have to go through this all over again. Just praying that it will all go very easily and they can get it done quickly. Wesley may not be able to go with me because of work, so I'm hoping maybe he can try to get off or I will be okay by myself.

That's our update for now!!! Will update again when we know anything about the CT.