Fill #3

Well this fill was a lot like the others. Charlie was a "rock star" (as Dr. Hoffman and his staff call him). He didn't cry at all during the fill. Last week I took Dum Dums which he surprisingly didn't like so this week I brought mini M&M's which were a hit. I don't want Charlie to associate Dr. Hoffman (or medical offices in general) with a negative experience so I have decided to give him a little treat at each appointment so that he may even look forward to going. So far, so good. On the drive home this time he was pretty upset though and was grabbing at his head so the bubbles are definitely getting tighter and causing more pressure. Poor guy!

Here are some pics from this week.

Our second fill

Charlie had his second fill today and did great! He did almost as well as he did last week. He whined just a little when they started to get tight but he never really cried. Dr. Hoffman added 30cc's to the front one and 20cc's to each back one. So in total he has 70cc's in the front one and 50cc's in each back one.

Here are some pics from today:

Our very first fill

So today we traveled to UCSF for our very first fill with Dr. Hoffman. Since our older daughter Lily didn't have school we made it a day trip and spent the first part of the day at the Aquarium and we hung out at Pier 39. Because we usually have to wait to see the doc he told us to put the Emla cream on (the cream numbs the ports where they inject the needle) when we arrived at his office. The cream should be on for 30min-1 hr. Well of course this time the doc took us right in so the cream had only been on for 15 min or so. When we went into the room Charlie was fussing because I had gobbed on the Emla cream and then covered each port with Glad Press-N-Seal to keep it on there. Charlie kept trying to pull the Press-N-Seal off so he was mad at me that I wasn't letting him.  The doc came and Charlie calmed down. I sat in a chair and held him. I was told we might need to hold him down but the doc put in the first needle and Charlie didn't even flinch. He just sat there very still and let him fill it. And he did this for all three expanders. He never cried or even let out a peep. He was perfect. The doctor and I were both amazed. He put 30cc's into each of the back ones and 40cc's in the front one. Here are some pics: