August update

Too much time has elapsed since I posted an update.  I had planned to post immediately following Theo’s 1 year kidneyversary, but other items on my “to-do” list won out until now.  It’s amazing how little free time I have now between raising two kids, working, and all the other things we’re committed to.  So, please forgive me for the delay in providing you all with an update!  I’ll try to concisely recap the last 4 months:

·         Kidneyversary: Theo and his new kidney, Dubya, celebrated their one year Kidneyversary on April 25^th.  While we were sorry that we couldn’t spend it with Cool Aunt Whit, Dubya’s previous caretaker, we were honored to be surrounded by some of our closest friends and Theo’s biggest cheerleaders (including a couple of his NICU nurses and our genetic counselor) one year after transplant.  It’s incredible to think how much has changed in our lives since Theo got Dubya.  We’re hoping that this is the first of many kidneyversaries for Theo and Dubya.  

Theo with two of his NICU nurses and his former nanny at his Kidneyversary party

Welcome to the world, Nora!

The Foy family has grown by one since our last post!  On April 2nd, Nora Whitney Foy was born, causing our hearts to grow even more full with love as soon as we met her.  She's been home with us for two weeks now, and we all love being a family of four.

Life with a soon-to-be 2 year old

Smiles in the sand!

In just a few short weeks, Theo will turn two.  What a two years it has been!  You know how there are certain times in your life where you feel like SO MUCH life happened, that it couldn’t possibly have been only 2 years?  We feel that way.  Not only has Theo brought us immense joy, but we’ve been able to witness first hand, and in a big way, how big and good God really is.  So, we approach Theo’s birthday, which happens to fall on Thanksgiving this year, with overwhelming thanksgiving for the boy he is, the lessons we’ve learned, and all that God continues to do in him, through him, and through all of the people who have prayed for, cried for, and supported him (and us) along the way.

Milestones!

August turned out to be a splendid month.  After a successful and uneventful procedure to remove Theo's dialysis catheter, we are happy to share that Theo's labs have been stable, he is full of energy, and he has reached new milestones on the development front.

Some of the highlights from the past month, in picture form:

Theo took his first bath.  It's safe to say that he loves being in the water.

August 5th update

Our new home!

It’s been a busy month for the Foys, so forgive me for letting so much time pass without posting an update.  We just moved into our new house, which we LOVE, we have been without internet for a period of time and we are just plain busy. 

Theo is great.  I love him to pieces.  He is such a good kid, with big smiles and an easy laugh.  He’s loving all the extra space that our new house affords; apparently I was not the only one who had outgrown our apartment.  Medically, he is still doing well (yay for no dialysis!), though we continue to pray for continued improvement in his kidney function and a stable Prograf (immunosuppressant) level.  Until then, he’ll continue with labs twice a week at the hospital. 

July 5th update

I hope you all had a fabulous 4^th of July.  4^th of July is one of my favorite (if not my favorite) holidays.  Our day consisted of enjoying a breakfast of waffles with strawberries, blueberries, and bananas before taking part in the neighborhood parade, where Theo practiced his walking while holding onto just one of our hands.  To end the day, we hung out on the rooftop of our apartment building before calling it a night ahead of the fireworks.  A lot of family time, a lot of smiles, a lot of love for our country… hard to beat.

Theo is doing really well.  He’s a ham.  And he thinks everything we do is hilarious.  (Nick’s ego is enjoying that!)  We sometimes hear him laughing in his crib.  We don’t know what he is laughing at, but it’s impossible for us not to laugh too when we hear his giggles coming over the monitor.  Even at 5 am.

Saturday update - June 22nd

Pushing his feeding pump around

Just a very quick post tonight: Theo's labs on Thursday were unchanged from Wednesday, which was not bad news or great news.  He was given Friday off from labs (a very welcome day without a trip to the hospital for us), and then went back this morning for another lab draw.

We're happy to report that Theo's creatinine has trended down slightly since Thursday.  It's not as big of an improvement as we'd like (his creatinine is 0.72), but it is headed in the right direction, and it is MUCH better than the 1.2 level earlier in the week.  I'm pretty sure that 0.72 is the best level that he has had since the hematoma caused the acute kidney failure on May 15th.

We're thankful.  We're hopeful.  We love Theo so much, and are having a great time with him at home (teething and all).

Next labs will be Monday morning.  We hope to have nothing but good news to report from this point on.

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!  Thanks for loving Theo!