SETTLING IN WITH THE "NEW BOOTY"

Well here we are getting used to life with a new booty and having to be so careful with him and all his stitches. we all adapted well, and Terry did fine once home, eating well growing like a weed. Happy as ever. having stitches all across his tummy and in his bottom didn't seen to bother him. mid January he had to go back under anesthesia to have his stitches removed and have his bottom dilated. this was an out patient surgery... thank god for that. after the surgery we had to dilate him every day once a day. then it went to every other day. Then we got to once every 4 days, on March 28, 2008 terry went back in to the hospital for yet another surgery.. but this one would be an easy one.... CLOSING OF HIS COLOSTOMY!!!!!!! WHOOO HOOO! So he had surgery on his daddy's birthday and he did well. post op was a little rough, but he did fine. We knew he would. He spent about 3 days in the hospital. They wanted him to have his first bowel movement while in the hospital in case something went wrong.. but nothing did. He pooped like a champ. It didn't take long for him to adapt to pooping. He is such a trooper! we had to play with his diet and keep him from getting impacted or constipated.. boy was that a chore, and it took a lot of adjusting but we got it right and now terry is going great. He still has alot of obstacles in front of him, but it don't keep him down. he is a wonderful guy!