Million dollar baby

We went to see Caleb's neurologist yesterday. First we talked with the nurse and she said Caleb looked really, really good. Also, she mentioned he is so much bigger. (which was not surprising. By the way, he turned 18 months yesterday. 1 year and a half old!)

Then she went outside and shortly after the neurologist came in, and said "She(the nurse) said Caleb looked like a million bucks!" and he started examining Caleb himself. He also said Caleb looked really good. "He looks like ten million bucks!"

I think they are impressed more partly because when they saw Caleb last time in May, he still had oxygen tube in his nose and was wearing the helmet. Anyway, the doctor was pleased with Caleb's progress-better neck, and torso muscle control, his alertness and most of all, the reduction of the seizures- he said "Whichever saint you've been praying to....it's great" He told us that there were many cases where children like Caleb developed quite suddenly after the initial developmental plateau. When he mentioned the higher power that's been intervening in Caleb's life, perhaps he was half joking, but in reality, so many people are still praying for Caleb's health. When Caleb was having hundreds of seizures a day for weeks, one doctor mentioned that it was amazing to him how Caleb still had eye contact with people(he was only 4 months old then), and he said there is something special about Caleb.

While there have been victories, there also has been a set back, though, a phone call form the respiratory clinic after another overnight oxygen saturation level monitoring, that Caleb still needs oxygen at night.

But, when you have a million dollar baby in your hands, you shouldn't complain too much about minute set backs, right?