neurosurgeon

Last week Thursday we had an appointment with Dr. Skarli, our neurosurgeon. Dr. Skarli was amazed at how well Jackson is doing. He feared that because of the large patch he had to place in the Dura there was going to be a lump at the base of Jackson's head. Dr Skarli could hardly believe that it is completely flat and looks great. Jackson decided to impress him even more by waving goodbye to him when we left. Jackson does not seems to have any pain from the surgery anymore, but he is currently cutting 4 teeth so he is still a little fussy at times. We are scheduled to have another MRI in April to see how everything looks and hopefully we will not need to repeat this surgery again.

Since I always write about Jackson I thought that I should also give an update on Annika. She is our very strong willed girl who know exactly what she wants. She is becoming more independant all the time and has now decided that she can dress herself. Today when I heard that she was up I came into her room and she was already dressed. Not matching at all, but dressed. Thankfully, we did not have any appointments today and so I let her wear whatever she wanted to. When I took her to the bathroom later that morning I discovered that she was wearing 3 pairs of underwear. When I asked her why she had on three pairs she just said that she wanted to wear Dora, Tinkerbell, and Hello Kitty. I am so thankful that Annika can give me a good laugh everyday!