Vinnie's don't drink and drive campaign.
Ok ok ok. So I'm a slacker. Maybe it would help if I told you the reason I have not posted in so long is because we've been having just too much fun with Vinnie Joe.
A lot has changed with Vinnie in the past few months. He has walking down to a T and has mastered running now. To be honest it scares the heck out of us. His favorite way to run is as fast as he can full speed ahead while looking sideways. His other favorite thing to do is to spin in circles as fast as he can. Our next major investment may be a line of helmets for him.
Last May Vinnie had his permanent VP shunt placed to reduce his hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain). So far we have only had one scare where I thought it was malfunctioning.
This past winter he went through a phase where he was really tired for a days. He was sleeping more than normal. His daycare called me during that time and said he could not seem to keep anything down one day. (Both were signs of a shunt malfunction) I think I was out the door and driving by the time they said "Ms. Karnes? This is ......." On the way to get him I called his neurologist who told us to immediately go to the emergency room. If you know me then you know I am typically a calm easy going person, but when it comes to Vinnie in the danger zone I turn into the hulk. If you have a vivid imagination then you can picture me pulling up to the LeBohner emergency room and not being able to find a parking spot. Then you can also picture me doing the only logical thing which was parking right out front in the tow away zone and rushing inside like my pants were on fire, but that's another story. Let's get back on track here.
We ended up staying the night at LeBohner to complete a full shunt survey (where they check the function of the shunt through cat scans, x rays, etc) Turns out the shunt was 100% perfect and Vincent's parents ah not so much :) Final diagnosis: stomach bug/cold. Good dry run people!
The day after Vinnie was released from the hospital was Halloween. There was no major trick or treating in store for us, but I could not let his super awesome lion outfit go to waste. I pondered on what Vinnie was going to be for halloween over the course of a few months. I looked for his costume at the store for about an hour. He was the cutest lion for 2 minutes and 42 seconds. Just enough time for a few pictures to capture this treasured, joyous moment forever:
Even the costume looks sad. The mane on the lion is supposed to be standing up.
So we are up to Halloween 2010. The next blog addition will cover our trip to New Mexico, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years! You don't want to miss it! Never a dull moment :)
