Update for today and results from Clinic Visit

Jacob has had a good day today. He has been playing (in his wagon), talking and just being himself. James has also had a good time as well. He got to play with his cousin Ronnie for awhile last night and has met some new friends here at the Children's House. They are ages 8 and 10 and are from Sarasota, FL.

We had a clinic visit today with Dr. Gearhart (Urology). He is pleased with Jacob's progress and advised that we can now put Jacob in a car seat for short drives. This means we will likely try and visit Aunt RoRo, Uncle Ron, Ronnie and Joshua sometime this week. We are going to bring up the car seat and let Jacob "try" it out to make sure that he will comfortable.

Dr. Gearhart advised that Jacob will need to stay off his feet and continue to have his legs lightly wrapped for about two more weeks. His next appointment is scheduled for February 8th at 3:30 pm. At that time, the plan is to remove the stint from his urethra and cap off the SP tube (catheter). We will then monitor the urine output for about three days. This will involve pulling the plug from the SP tube every few hours and checking the output. Since the ultimate goal is to have the urine come out from his urethra (down below), there should not be much output from the SP tube. If everything works as planned for these three days, Dr. G will remove the SP tube entirely. Jacob should then be able to head home shortly after that. Dr. G then plans to do a bladder scope about three months after that to make sure that everything is still flowing properly through his urethra.

The doctors are still unsure what caused Jacob to have the extremely high fever. We are thankful that he has been doing much better over the past few days.

"Let every breath, all that I am, never cease to praise the Lord"

Mommy and Daddy