Joshua's Update

Josh is 5 years old and is a little accident prone. He is very social and likes to talk to everyone. If he doesn't have anything to say, he'll start a conversation by going up to someone and saying, "I'm five years old." A few weeks ago I got a call from his preschool teacher saying Josh had cut the back of his head open and he needed stitches. Apparently, he was playing London Bridges Falling Down wearing high heel shoes (Ms. Jamie said all the boys wanted to try out the high heel shoes; Jason asked her not to let him wear them anymore). Luckily, our old home teacher is a plastic surgeon and we went straight to his office to get stitches. The cut was all the way to his skull and Josh got several layers of stitches. This isn't the first trip we've made to see Dr. Rodriguez. Last year Josh got a staple in his head while laying on Dr. Rodriguez kitchen table.

We started Josh on growth hormones about 4 months ago. He gets a shot every night before he goes to bed. It is just a shot under the skin, not into the muscle, so Josh doesn't mind the shots. We are always grateful when we go to our yearly trip to the pediatric cardiologist and find out that Josh's heart is doing well and he doesn't need another surgery. Josh's eyes are also seeing well and hopefully he won't need a 3rd eye surgery. He is a lovable kid and is still in love with a little girl named Megan, who is two years older and a lot taller than Josh.