Lynn Howard

Ethan has been doing great. He went to the eye doctor yesterday at Emory and they said his prescription is ok for his vision but that he will need surgery for his crossed eyes. They said it is not an emergency so we are going to talk to his pulmonologist in a couple of weeks and see if he will clear him for anesthesia. It is supposed to be general anesthesia so as long as he is just masked and not intubated it shouldn't be a problem. I think we are going to wait until spring time after the ...

We are getting ready to celebrate Ethan's 3rd birthday tomorrow. He is getting a Tonka dump truck and a foam puzzle to put together on the floor. Three years ago about this time (7:40 pm eastern time) on this date 10/23/08, I was watching TV. It was a Thursday night. My husband had made a big pot of spaghetti for supper and it smelled so good. I had fallen asleep during Wheel of Fortune and when I awoke Jeopardy was on. I was waiting for Survivor to come on at 8 pm. My daughter, Christa, ...

Ethan had a great week. He has not thrown toys at Christa for a while so maybe our little talk worked. They are both going for a flu shot on Wednesday. My husband will be taking them. I am getting mine this week as well. They offer them at no charge at my work. Ethan said some new words this week. They had superhero week at therapy and he says "Superman" and "hat". I'm trying to get him to say "Trick or Treat". We are taking him Trick or Treating even though ...

We took Ethan to get his first studio portraits made yesterday (Sat 9/17/11). He was so interested in the props and other children that it was hard to get a picture of him looking. But they turned out pretty good. He is doing well. He really throws toys a lot and hit Christa in the head with a truck one day this past week. I made him repeat, "Do not throw toys." He repeated each word after I said it. Then I asked him if he knew what I was telling him and what he was saying and he ...

Ethan had an eye appointment today. I don't know if I mentioned that we changed eye doctors in June I think. Well, we like this doctor. Ethan has been wearing a patch everyday but it doesn't seem to be helping. He has an appointment with a doctor at Emory on 11/8/11 and will find out more then. I know little Ericka's eye surgery went well so that is a comfort and hopefully he won't have to do it. But I would rather him have the simple surgery thanfor him to lose his vision in that ...