JAYDEN IS BACK!

Jayden's personality is back! Let me explain.....over the past few weeks we have noticed that Jayden hasn't been himself. He quit making eye contact and was having an extremly hard time doing any kind of physical activity. It was as if he had no opinion about anything. Last Thursday I took Jayden to see Dr. Jen (pic of her and Jayden) to have his VNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulator) turned up. It hadn't been adjusted since he came home from having the surgery back in August. Literally within minutes Jayden came back to life!

He is doing awesome! He is even trying to push weight through his arms to get in the crawling position, with minimal help from me ofcourse. But the fact that he tollerates that position is huge. Now Jayden can look right at me and smile. He is much more aware of his surroundings and I can't tell you how happy we are. I went to bed crying every night during those horrible weeks because I was afraid my lil guy was gone. But he just needed to get his VNS ramped up. We are going to start ramping it up once a month from now on until we hit a desired mark.

Another part of the problem is that Jayden is getting to be a big boy! He's gained 4 lbs (weighing in at 30lb 4oz) since surgery and his head is bigger too! Now he just needs to adjust to his size and hopefully we will see even more improvements. Jayden has also started taking Juice Plus, thanks to the Donlin Family. Juice plus is a suppliment that lets Jayden get lots of nutrition even though his eating isn't very well. He still is unable to chew food but eats 3 meals a day, always things that are smashed up. Now I don't have to worry because he is getting his fruits and veggies in and he likes it!

We hope you are all doing well. Thanks for keeping up with us.

Love,

Brandy