25 Months

This past month has gone by unbelievable fast! I was shocked when Connor turned two and now another month has gone by. I hope the whole year does not continue to fly by! Although Connor is still not close to walking, he pulls up to stand super fast and now does it against a flat wall. He cruises along the furniture and is able to get from the couch to the coffee table as long as he doesn't have to completely let go. We just need to keep working on his confidence and I know he will get there! His personality continues to develop and he has mastered rolling his eyes at me when he doesn't like what I say =) Connor still doesn't have any words, but he is picking up new signs everyday and is starting to be able to blow into a horn which is great for sound production. Again, we know that he will get there in his own time!

We have spent the past month at many, many doctor's offices, but I am not going to go into any detail now as I updated after most of them individually in separate posts. We have a few more scheduled visits over the next few weeks and then hopefully we will have a break for a while and be able to focus on some good old playtime! It is a good thing Connor loves to visit with people because we spend a lot of time in waiting rooms =)

Makayla continues to be an amazing big sister teaching Connor something new everyday! She has started skiing lessons this month and is having a great time in that new endeavor.

Here are some pictures taken over the last month...

Cousin pig pile

Go Pats!

Giggles

"Stop taking my pic mom; I will let go when I am ready!"

Sleep Study Results

We went back the doctor again on Monday for the results of Connor's sleep study. As a reminder, Connor had Central Sleep Apnea and only a few episodes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea prior to having his tonsils out, and although it was not likely that the tonsilectomy would stop the Central Sleep Apnea, the doctor strongly believed that it would help. Great news! Connor only had 1 episode of Central Sleep Apnea during his most recent sleep study. He did, however, have an average of 2 episode's of Obstructive Sleep Apnea during this study. The doctor did not really have an explanation for this other than explaining his belief that he thought Connor actually did have the Obstructive Sleep Apnea even before having the tonsils out even though the original sleep study didn't show it. All along he had said that the Central Sleep Apnea could have been caused by the Obstructive Sleep Apnea and after an episode of Obstructive, his body may have relaxed too much that his brain would forget to signal the body to breath. Anyway, it is still fantastic news because now we don't have to worry about a sedated MRI to check possible problems with his brainstem. At this point they are considering the Obstructive Sleep Apnea as mild and have put him on a prescription for Flonase which is a corticosteroid nasal spray to use before bed to keep his nasal passages open while sleeping. They do not think oxygen is necessary at this time and we just have to monitor his sleep patterns to make sure it doesn't get any worse! So, the tonsilectomy did help with Connor's sleep struggles and we are still hoping to get some good news at his next swallow study in March as well!!