Peek-A-Boo

Back in November Colt had surgery to correct a cranial deformity that he was present at birth. Titled craniosynostisis, it took two surgeries and two weeks in the hospital. During each surgery they had to go in, remove portions of his skull and reshape an area of his skull. It was a dangerous process for him and difficult for us, as parents, to watch him go through so much at such a young age.

The second surgery was worse than the first because they had to operate on the front of his skull. This left his swelling so bad that his eyes were swollen shut, leaving him temporarily blind. Being a nine month old Colt was not talking and barely knew sign language. He was so good about not getting too fussy when he couldn't communicate what he wanted with us. But, as all babies do, he did want to play outside of the hospital bed. He couldn't get out of the bed because he was hooked up to too many wires and IV's. So, to accommodate his desire to play he learned how to play peek-a-boo. Even though he couldn't see he would grab anything around him to hold over his face. However, because he couldn't see he would grab wires or a stuffed animal to "cover himself" and play. It was so adorable and we loved that he learned to communicate with us doing what he could to play.

We learned so much through our time in the hospital but nothing was as special as watching our little boy play peek-a boo ... because it was at that moment that we knew he was going to be ok!