Recent Holiday and Operations

At the end of September, Sharlene took the boys for a three week trip down to New South Wales to see friends and family. It was a great time for her to spend with the children and especially to have quality / quantity time with them. On the way home they stopped in Brisbane.

On October 12, Zemiel got his adenoids taken out and some gromits put in his ears. He went in at 7am and was able to leave the hospital in the mid afternoon. Everything went well for the operation. Although we now know that he had a lot of residual fluid in his ears. His left was infected and his right had 'glue ear'. I flew down to meet them, spent the night with Trev and Roni and then drove them home back to Mackay.

Zekiah had his first birthday while they were away but while he had started to take a few independent steps before he left, nothing really changed until he came back. But it was only when Sharlene took him to Cape Hillsborough for her women's retreat that he really jumped ahead. He went from only a couple of steps alone to almost completely independent.

Sharlene will be off to Brisbane again this week. Zemiel has an appointment with the ENT, Developmental specialist, Opthimologist, and Audiologist. He will be remapped and hopefully we will begin to see/hear the difference the gromits make.