Fill #9

We are done! We are done! We are done!!!! I know many of you are chanting the same thing but for different reasons: it's near the end of June so that means school is either done or almost done! For us it is that yesterday was Keziah's last fill up and now we hang tight until next week Friday, June 29th, where she will have parts of her birth mark removed and the stretched skin will be pulled over to where the birth mark was taken off.

Even though Keziah did not enjoy many of the 9 fill ups, each and every week she was excited to go back to the hospital. And not only was the hospital exciting for her, the actual drive was! When we sat, trying hard not to complain about the traffic, she would point out the same things every Wednesday. These were the following things that she would point out in glee:

She was VERY impressed with how many "tvs" we passed (billboards), but the one with the baby cheetah was her favourite!


The GO trains that were heading back out of Toronto, which meant they were going backwards! That produced lots of laughs from her!


"Look mom! There are the swings!" (pedestrian bridge :o)


The wind turbine:


The "big tower that reaches up to the sky"!


And lastly, seeing the Parking sign meant a very excited girl! "Go down the hill and around the corner, dad!!" (into the parking garage).


By this time, we were excited to see the sign, too! That meant we made it after an hour and a half of driving. Going home it only takes 35-40 minutes. What a difference!

At the hospital, many volunteers contributed to Keziah's happiness.


And of course, Shaindy and her bag full of fun things were there waiting for Kez.



Again during the actual procedure, Keziah kicked and cried. It was almost comical because at one point she stopped crying and then about 15 seconds later started yelling "Ow!!! That hurts!! Stop touching me!" and Doctor Tom was still by the counter getting things ready :o)

Only the forehead expander was filled, with 25 more cc's. If I did it right (I did only teach Kindergarten so adding so many numbers wasn't a top priority in Math :o) the total saline in the expanders is 215 cc's in the forehead and 135 cc's in the cheek.

And here she is, at the end of her fill up:





I'd say they are big enough, no? :o) So is that smile, but I'll never tire of that!