DAVIS NUT HOUSE

Jared participated in his first sprint

triathlon.

gage and I went to watch

at the end of the race

number 7

this is what happens when

I don't listen to gage right away

He made it all the way from the kitchen to me at the
computer and then broke the cup

he then fell asleep. :) He does have casts on his legs

after botox we decided to cast his legs to get a good
stretch.

hanging out at temple square

too bad I only took pictures here. We went to eat lunch at

a park after.

this was a cool replica of the Salt Lake temple

Gage in SLC

Gage went to Primary Children's Medical

Center to have a Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Trial

As many of you know, Gage has Cerebral Palsy

which causes his limbs to be stiff. His legs more than his

arms. He takes an oral medication right now that

relaxes his muscles. But there are side

effects and issues we will face with this

So we decided to do this trial to see if he

would do well with the pump.

He did great!! He had to hang out in the bed most of the day.

They came in and examined him to see what his

body could do without any meds.

Then they put this numbing cream on his back

Luckily they had his favorite movies in their collection

and he was entertained. :)

After the numbing cream took affect they did a lumbar

puncture, and injected him with the baclofen

He did FANTASTIC. no tears!! He laid there talking to me

about Chewy and never cried. I could tell it was hard for him, but

he was a champ. He then had to lay in bed on his back for a couple hours. They

came in and did another exam and then he could eat. He hadn't eaten in so long

that he ate all his food! and some juice too.

After another couple hours they came back and got him out of bed to see if he

could walk with the meds in him. He did. They were very surprised. Turns out he does have

muscles. not just tightness. YAY. After that he was able to go home. He rode in a wagon out to meet dad.

happy to go home

                                            we ended up going upstairs to get his botox shots
                                            He did great again. and told the dr. that he loved her
                                            They gave him a Real Salt Lake mini soccer ball.
                                           The docs told us that he may get a headache and needed
                                            to lay down and rest when he got home.
                                           The kid is resilent. He was up playing at Joe and Kims on their
                                            porch until we went to the drive in. I guess he was tired of laying around
                                           Once the movie was going to start he laid on his pillow under his blanket
                                           and was out cold in minutes.