Little Steps toward Walking!

Caleb got to go in the walker on Wednesday to practice his walking! I've been waiting for that and was excited when his therapists decided to do that with him. He worked so hard "walking" down the halls. Finally, a glimpse of my boy beginning to walk...or at least going through the motions. I want to get a walker for him to use at home. Of course, like everything else for special needs children, it is quite expensive. But he did so well and I think it will be a good tool for him to practice walking once again. I took plenty pictures of course.

I took Caleb to Abbie's house today to go in her Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber. He did great the entire time and made faces at Patrick through the little window.

Micaiah fell this afternoon shortly after we came back from the Vara's house. He was running outside in the front yard and fell and hit his face. He got a huge cut which is now turning black and blue. So we took him straight to Kapiolani to check him out and see if he needed stitches. Thankfully he didn't and seemed totally fine while waiting in the ER. He ws running around like himself and it was a challenge to contain my high spirited little boy. I was cautious he may get even more hurt. But he's fine.

In my blogs I've shared a big part of our everyday lives including emotions both up and down, challenges in every form, etc. I've been doing this to try to portray a bit of what our lives are like to help others understand or imagine what days of our journey with Caleb is like. I apologize if anyone may feel offended of my emotions when I blog. I am definitely not perfect at all and in absolutely no way mean to put others down or put myself above others. I often do share how sometimes others affect the way we feel or may cause a bit of a hurdle for us to overcome. But I do not think anything is wrong with that. I understand that doing this blog there maybe some opinions or misunderstandings. (I often just ramble when I get the chance, don't proof read, and most of the time I'm doing it at midnight or later.) But it's just like emailing letters sometimes...you don't always perceive it the right way. I guess that's why talking is the best bet. I've in fact thought about not doing this blog anymore but everytime I start thinking that, someone comes up to me and comments on how it helps them and that makes it all worth it. I wanted to do this to tell all about Caleb's progress and everything that comes with this amazing journey. But the biggest reward is that it helps people in their lives. And if this just helps one person, that's a good enough reason for me to continue.

Micaiah caught another cold w/fever this time. Please pray that Caleb will not catch his cold and that I may get rest to care for them both and also that Brandon can get some sleep so he won't be as tired when he comes home from work. Caleb slept so well last night and Micaiah was up all night. It always has to be a tag team thing I guess. Boys, boys, boys...Gotta love 'em! :)

Also, I've recently come across a blog of a little boy named Aidan who drowned in February. Please pray for little Aidan and his family. He looks amazing and is looking forward to getting discharged from the hospital soon. Check out their blog: prayforaidan.blogspot.com
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