Hope after all

We had our dr visit yesterday and yep there's a hole in there. The good news is that we are going to hope that the hole doesn't go all the way through all 3 layers of stitches and repair. Only time will tell. The trick now is to keep it from getting infected. With a hole like that there is more of a chance that food and bacteria can get stuck in there. So he gave me a prescription mouthwash that we are going to use to squirt up in there to clean out the area often. So hopefully the hole is only in the first layer, we will just have to wait and see as it heals. Shelby is still on a soft food diet for the next 3 weeks. She actually seems to be eating better now than she ever has. Her favorites at the moment are pizza and spaghetti. Don't worry we only give her soft pieces of the crust on the pizza. I am sure she is missing her chips/dip from Mexican, but since we don't go there-out of sight, out of mind. Oh and she is really missing her "NACK", Shelby's favorite snack was Golden Grahams cereal right out of the box. I have given it to her soaked in milk, but she doesn't want it that way. So maybe in about a month she will be able to have her coveted nack ;)



Here are some pics from the last week or so. Shelby had her first haircut since we have been home. She did great without any tears! We just evened her hair up around the edges a bit and the nice lady gave her a pretty braid to finish her off. Sheila of course had to complete her new look by painting her fingernails. If you want to see Shelby be quiet and still, just break out a bottle of nail polish-too cute. Oh and then we had fun at the mall on the carousel with our digit friends. And then we took Shelby bowling for the first time on Sunday. She wasn't too impressed but the boys loved it of course!