Break On Through

The last few days have been hit and miss for Carly. The molars that started coming through last week continue to make their way in and now all four corners of her mouth are showing the signs of some teeth. Two out of the last three nights Carly has been very uncomfortable, crying all night and sleeping around 3 hours or so, but we keep reminding ourselves how much better this is than sleepless nights in the PICU. It is a bit more complicated since Carly has other issues that could be bothering her, but we are pretty certain that it is only teeth this time around. Because she hasn't learned to pick things up or to put things in her mouth yet she has less coping mechanisms than a typical kid, but eventually all her teeth will be in. Until then we can power through the day with a little extra caffeine.

Carly has definitely shown improvement over last month. Her neck is getting pretty strong and she can hold her head up for minutes on end now. She is also looking around a lot more than she has since the tumor surgery in April. Her right eye seems to be stronger than her left now and today her ophthalmologist told us we could stop patching her eye for now. In the last few days Carly has starting making some talking sounds, mostly "ahh", something that she hasn't done much of since October. We'll take all of the progress we can get.

Love, Brad