Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Eve

Wow, today was so much fun. We started in physical therapy and Tayton is doing amazing. He was even able to climb a ladder a couple of steps. Then on the way back from the therapy gym he rode his tricycle, which was his new favorite thing. He continued to ride that everywhere. He got going pretty fast and you had to run to keep up with him. Also speech therapy came today and cleared him for eating!!! So that meant he got the feeding tube out. He was scared at first but he was so happy he got it out. So now we offically have no tubes, or iv's. It is so nice.
Later in the evening, my family came for a fun Christmas Eve Party. We had soup, sandwiches, and Tayton loved eating. This kid is hungry all the time now which is such an amazing sign. We had a lot of fun at our Christmas party in the burn unit waitng room. It really doesn't matter where we are, it was just so fun to be together. Tayton and Tanna got spoiled with presents and are so excited for Christmas tomorrow. Then later on in the evening we were able to take Tayton out of the hospital and we showed him the Ronald McDonald house where we have been staying. He thought it was pretty cool. We have seen so many miracles these past 5 1/2 weeks. I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas. I know we sure will. Enjoy the time you have together. Merry Christmas!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Merry christmas winward family! We r your new neighbors here in Willard! My daughter has tayton in her class. Please let me know if you need anything! Even if its as simple as grabbing your mail;). God bless and speedy recovery! We are all looking forward to meeting the whole winward family!;) merry Christmas!

christa said...

So amazing to see Tayton yesterday! We are so proud of him and of you too Kali. Tayton is pretty fast on that bike..very impressed. Pehrson can't wait to play lots of legos! So glad you are coming home!

Marilyn and Mike said...

Kali - what a wonderful Christmas gift. We are all thankful and blessed by Tayton's improvements and continued recovery. We gave our family his update this morning and they were all so excited to hear how far he has come and that he is doing so well. Family is truly everything and as long as you are together, it doesn't matter where you spend Christmas. From all the Deans to all the Winwards - have a very Merry Christmas, and know you are all in our thoughts and prayers.