We're back!!

Carsten and I are back from Baltimore! Everything went really well as far as the travel and stay there. We got to spend Monday afternoon walking around downtown Baltimore, ate some good local seafood, and saw the Harbor area. Baltimore is a neat town, reminded me a lot of Chicago.
Carsten had his feeding evaluation on Tuesday at 1:00. The whole team came in and interviewed me and then they watched me feed him. The team consisted of an OT, speech therapist, nutrition, behavioral psychologist, and an MD. They were really nice and professional and definitely knew what they were doing.

They recommended Carsten for the day program. It is basically the same thing as inpatient except we stay at the Ronald McDonald house and go over in the mornings at 8 and stay all day to work on eating with some play time in between and other therapies. The program is for 6-8 weeks, the only catch is there is a 5 month wait list! They said sometimes due to insurance coverage and other reasons there are cancellations so there is a chance we could get in before 5 months. I'm hoping we get in before June because that is when we are supposed to move! I'm not going to worry about times and dates because I know the Lord will work it out and his timing is always perfect. However, if we don't get in before June and we do move to Atlanta, there is another clinic very similar in Atlanta so that is always an option. Right now I'm just hoping our insurance will cover the 6-8 week stay at either place. Until then, we are going to keep working on increasing his oral intake and continue going to our weekly feeding therapy in Kansas City.

Carsten was so good on the plane and LOVED watching the lights outside as we landed and all the people around him. He's so interested in everything that goes on it's really cute. He was exhausted by the end of the trip but he still did really well on the plane and around Baltimore. I think he's going to be a good travel companion when I get older:)

Thanks for all your prayers, they were definitely answered and everything went just how we were hoping. We will give updates on when we get to go, they will give us 1-2 months notice ahead of time. We are planning on going to Atlanta in April for our spring break and finding a house! I'm getting really excited about that! Have a great weekend everyone! Chad and I have a date Saturday, yippeee! We found an awesome respite worker that's going to watch him some so we can go out!

Blessings,
Momma Bridges