Hurdles

I was never a runner. But if I was, I think the hurdles would have been the most difficult - especially with my height. The hurdles are the steady challenges in a long race. Alexander is training for his race home - a marathon - with steady hurdles. 

We have been working on eating for 3 weeks now. It started quickly but we had another hurdle sneak up on us and last weekend Alexander just refused to eat orally anymore. We changed a few things - started feeding him every 4 hours instead of every 3, quit mixing in liquid protein so it would not impact the taste, and pushed him back to phase 2 (eating orally twice in a 12 hour period). It has helped but he's moving slow. 

Tomorrow is another big hurdle - surgery. How he responds and recovers will completely impact how far he has in his race home. He is having his hernia repaired, being circumcised, and helping descend a testicle. A lot for one little man to handle. We are hoping he bounces back right away so he can continue his steady progress and get home. Time will only tell. 

This surgery will be one more thing to check off the list to go home. The last thing will be to finish learning to eat!

The race continues...

Meme got to hold Alexander for the first time after returning home from the Canadian Tim Stop tour. 

 

Got to go home for a quick trip.