Happy 6 month Birthday Brodie

Today is Brodie's 6 month birthday and he is doing better than ever.  He has his first physical therapy session tomorrow so we are excited to get that going.  He has been pulling the feeding tube out of his nose alot and it is getting harder and harder to put it back in.  We decided that it was time for the g tube (feeding tube in stomach).  Brodie went to the doctor yesterday to see the surgeon and had a GI study done.  They said that he did not have much reflux and that his pneumonia had cleared up.  With this news they gave us the go ahead for surgery and set it for the 14th.  Once this is done he will no longer have anything on his face.  He should be in the hospital a few days and then it is back home to get stronger and work on getting the trach out.  He is on very little oxygen right now and his vomiting has gotten much better.  He is still draining every ounce of our energy but we are so proud of him with how far he has come.  When the physical therapy people came out to do their initial assessment they asked his history and we told them that the neurologists said that he would never walk.  They were shocked and told us that there was no way that he would not walk.  They said they would not guarantee he would be a track star or that people won't notice a difference in his walk but that he definitely would walk.  This was great to hear.  Now we understand that this doesn't mean he is going to walk but he has been moving both sides so it just supported what we were already thinking.   He is smiling more and he even laughs now.  We are so happy with where he is at and look forward to seeing his progress.  We will let you know how the surgery goes on Tuesday and hope everything will go great.  Thanks for all of the continued support and kind words.  Hope all is well with everyone and I will get some updated pictures soon.