Last Friday Owen had surgery at CHOP to untether his spinal cord from the spinal canal. After a 4 day stay at CHOP he is back home making steady progress; complaining that he wants to go back to school!30 minutes before surgery...
A couple hours after surgery...
Needing to stay in bed, on his back for a minumum of 48 hours, Owen kept busy by playing with his "guys," watching Tangled, Rio, Toy Story and Mighty Machines, playing Angry Birds, working on a craft project (our fall wreath for the front door :) )and having visits with Grandma, Pop, Me-Ma, Great-Dad and Joey.
After he spiked a fever and high heart rate on Sunday morning, broke out in a rash from the antibiotics and then was knocked out by the Benedryl he was given to combat the rash, we were glad when he finally got moving around on Monday.
After one last Pancake and Bacon breakfast and Ham and Cheese lunch Owen was happy to head home in Dad's taxi...
Owen has spent the week at home, recovering and getting stronger every day. He was so proud of himself when he was finally able to bend over and pick up a toy today. He is one independent and determined little boy. Next up...back to Chemo on Monday and a Urology appointment on Tuesday. Hopefully this month we'll start to get back to just once a week visits to CHOP and focusing on some fun fall activities...
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