video and mini-update

Here's a video of Sophie outside. She has a sandbox, but her favorite thing is playing on the stairs of the deck, followed closely by picking flowers, berries and leaves.



Monday she is going to have her 2nd endoscopy. We went in for pre-op stuff today. Whee! I have learned to take lots of books with us, and a couple of toys out of her closet that she hasn't seen a while. She did fine, and seems to have gained some good weight even since last week, but we'll see for sure Friday when we see the dietitian again. Anyway, we're not too worried about the procedure, since she's had one before.

However, this time the doctor is also going to change out her button. This is something that can be done in the office without anesthesia, but it's easier to do while she's out. Her old one does not stay closed and leaks, which causes skin irritation, so we have to leave the connector tube attached to it. Also, we have to tape the tube to the button (involving a patented process) to keep it from popping out. The new one should stay shut, and the tubing twists 90 degrees and locks in place. Plus, her old one is getting to be too small as she grows, so it needed to be replaced anyway. We were hoping by the time that happened, she wouldn't need it anymore, but that's not realistic right now. Anyway, this will make all our lives easier.