Just A Spoonful of Sugar

makes the medicine go down,

The medicine go doowwn,

Medicine go down.

I'm sure some of you out there remember that song. Well, there's definitely truth in the words to this song.
The past couple of expansions we have done have been less than relaxed, to say the least. Sophie was not in pain, but very anxious as we applied the lidocaine and then as we removed it to prepare for the expansion. We tried lots of things to distract her, but let's face it, a two-year-old is a lot smarter than a lot of us give them credit for. You have to be really, really creative to keep them distracted week after week.

I've been talking to different people trying to come up with new ways to distract her and new ways to do her expansion so that she is more comfortable.  I decided that we would try her lying on her tummy, and it turns out that this was a wise decision.  With the help of a BIG sucker that she received at Wyatt and Bailey's birthday/Easter party yesterday and a surprise gift of a new Kai Lan dvd, tonight's expansion was a breeze!  I am so relieved.  It is tough to have to put your child through this, but especially when they are NOT happy about it at all. 

We are now up to 600 ccs in each expander and surgery is about 4 weeks away.  Sophie's expanders are getting SO BIG, but that is a wonderful thing!  The bigger they get, the more nevus can be removed!  I sent another update to Dr Bauer this week, and he is still pleased with the progress.  We are beginning to see pictures of other little ones who have been through expansion and are now having their surgeries, and I have to say that we are VERY excited about the prospective outcome for Sophie!  All of this will be so worth it!

I will post some more pictures in a few days.  I decided I wouldn't push my luck with the camera tonight.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers.  We appreciate them so very much!