Becoming Biped

Leah is learning the wonderful ability of walking and each day she is more determined to stay on her two feet.  She walks really well holding our finger and loves it. She'll come to us, grab our finger and walk away with it, dragging us along. We don't take her for a walk, she takes us!

Leah and her eye drama

Two months ago Leah's right eye began to be a little red and swollen.  Her 9 month check up the pediatrictian looked at it and said that it was probably a clogged gland of some kind, that it was normal and it would take care of itself.  She gave us some eye drops to avoid infection.  A few weeks later it still hadn't gotten better so we went back to the hospital again and they said the same thing: clogged gland, not infected, and if after 2 months it hadn't gotten better we should go into the eye doctor.  A few weeks later her eye just kept getting worse, I knew that it wouldn't get better by itself and we went to the doctor a third time thinking that they would take us to the eye doctor faster.  They didn't move our appointment up but they did admit that it was probably infected and gave her an antibiotic.

Here is a picture of when it began, in April

Finally came the day to see the eye doctor and they told us that there was no worries about her vision and referred us on to a plastic surgeon specialized around the eyes and they set a date for a procedure to open the area and let the infection drain out.

Before the surgery:

The surgery was really simple, the worst part would be the anesthesia. First they gave her some medicine that left her pretty drugged up, before they gave her the gas to have her sleep. We waited with her while the first part of the medicine was taking effect and I have to confess, it was really funny to see her like that. She looked a little weirded out, she thought everything was really funny and she "sang" the whole time. We heard tons of recommendations from the nurse with the possible side effects from the anesthesia: fever, nausea, fussiness, sleepiness, lots of crying, etc. And so they took her. It was really fast,  after about 20 minutes the doctor came in to tell us that everything went well and right after that a nurse to take us where Leah was and she told us that Leah wasn't very happy. I felt so bad when I saw my baby crying so hard and so angry with the nurse who was holding her, but she quickly calmed down with us. She was really hungry (she went to the hospital fasting), she ate and fell sleep. We still stayed there for I while for her to be observed. Soon we were let go. While we were changing her she woke up and to our surprise she woke up like always: super happy, smiling and talking. She didn't had any side effect from the anesthesia, she didn't complain, didn't get even a little cramp, nothing. The same day we went to her uncle's graduation and out for dinner, it didn't look like she went through a surgery. She's such a strong and happy baby and I'm a proud mommy!

After the surgery:

11 months

Leah is 11 months and 3 days old. We just finished her video from this last month.

She's a cutie, she's always in a good mood, very playful, energetic, smiles all day long, claps her hands, gives kisses, climbs up the stairs, makes the cutest little sounds, I love to hear her "talking". 

She took her first steps with 10 months and 20 days, at her Grandparents' house, when everybody was together. They loved that she shared this important day with them. Hehe When she's not trying to run she can take a few good steps.

Her eye didn't get better and she's going to have the surgery done on friday. We can't wait foe her have it better, but we are really sad for her having to go through this medical procedure so young.