Boston Day One

Well it all started today. Seemed deja vu as we repeated our steps from November. We had the pre-op today at the hospital and everything went great. Jake is all set for a 7:30 am surgery tomorrow with us needing to be there at 6am. In the waiting room we ran into another family with a girl who had apert who was 5. She was seeing Dr. Upton as well and was having her thumbs straightened. her hands looked good and it was nice to talk to her family about what they have been through and I think nice for her to see little Jake. Stacey came in and after the pre-op we walked around Cambridge and the Harvard campus. We wanted Jake to feel at home at his future college! jk but the campus was nice and walking around was fun.

We were starting to get anxious about tomorrow and we received a very important phone call tonight. Sam is 13 weeks pregnant and we haven't told anyone as we were awaiting the results of the CVS test. The baby was tested for Apert and all of the usual things and everything came back with flying colors. Better News Jake and Luke will be big brothers to a little GIRL. Very positive news right before Jake's surgery. #3 will be joining us in early Nov.

Off to bed as we have to be up early. Think of Jake tomorrow, he needs all of your strength.
Love,
L&S

Off to Boston

4:30 am PST and we're off to Boston for Jake's hand surgery. Pre-op Thursday and Surgery Friday am. We'll be updating the blog daily.
Here's to what we hope is an easy plane ride.

Here We Go Again

Well its time to finish up this tough first year and take Jake to Boston to have his second hand surgery. Although anxious and nervous, it is exciting to reach this surgery that will give Jake his five fingers. This surgery will also separate his toenail beds to avoid them growing into each other and causing problems. This will mark the third of three tough surgeries Jake has faced in his first year. The good news being that Jake won't have as major of a surgery for five years or so. We will be updating the blog daily from here on out so please check for updates on Jake's condition. Keep Jake in your thoughts.
L & S

Jake Update

Overall our lil buddy is doing very well in the healing process. only a few stiches remain and the hair is growing back nicely where it was shaved. It looks like his next hand surgery is May 9th in Boston, we are just waiting final confirmation with the OR.

Here's a new photo of the Jakester.

Jake wanted to say hi