So the most exciting news in February came at Ian's 3 month follow up appointment since being in his shoes and bar. I wasn't sure going in how they would start cutting back on his time wearing them. Dr. Mosca came in and looked at his feet and immediately said "ok we can go to 12 hours a day" I was thrilled since it means now he pretty much only has to wear them to bed. Bring on the cute shoes! I actually had brought a pair with us that he wore out of the hospital. He said his right foot looks like what you would expect a normal corrected club foot to look like but his left foot looks awesome so even better than expected! He is loving his "free feet" time as I like to call it. The guy from orthodics that checked his shoes out this time was not happy with the fit of his original pair and moved him into a smaller size. So we don't have any more problems with his right foot, which is slightly smaller, slipping out of the shoe. He will go back in May to check on his progress. It is SO nice having him free from the bar during the day, he can actually sit in a shopping cart now at the store. There are so many little things that are just easier now it has been wonderful. He is trying so hard to figure out how to crawl, my days are numbered! Even without knowing how to crawl he can scoot and roll around and get to wherever he wants to be already. I can't believe he will be 6 months old on Wednesday!
February was also a bit of a rough month or maybe just a continuation of a rough time for Aidan. I think 3 deployments plus all the time Rick has been gone for training etc. is finally taking its toll on him. If you add it all up he pretty much has been gone for half of Aidan's life. The battles, screaming fits and just general anger is getting worse as time goes on. He tells me he hates me almost daily now. I decided it was time to get him some help because I don't know what else I can do for him. Military One Source has a great program where you can call and get 12 counseling sessions so I called them last week. I really hope talking to someone can help resolve some of the issues we are having at home. Thankfully he is still doing great at school so the problems have not spilled over there but it is probably only a matter of time before they do if we don't do something about it. Unfortunately I am having a hard time getting anyone to call me back to set up his appointments so we may have to get a referral for a different place to try. It is incredibly hard to see your child so angry and hurt and not know what to do to make it better. Another thing I have noticed this deployment is that he really doesn't talk about Rick much at all. In the past he would talk about missing him and want to see him and talk to him. This time when Rick calls or gets on the computer he has very little interest in even talking to him. I wish we could say this will be the last deployment but that just isn't reality.
Another bit of bad news is that Rick may not get his R&R at all. Things are just in the rumor stage but it is a possibility. Of course this is the Army we are talking about so we won't know one way or another until the last minute so as usual it is hurry up and wait.
So this doesn't end completely depressing I would just like to say that I am SO thankful for family. My younger brother and his wife did something totally nice for us just because and I hope they know how much I truly appreciate it. They also want to have Aidan spend some time on the weekends with them which he will be thrilled about. Definitely lightening my load :o)
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