Welcoming Trick-or-Treaters

A Familiar Looking Rabbit Found in the Park

Carving Pumpkins

Zambrano Tries on His Bunny Costume

Grandma made Zammy a bunny costume for Halloween, and it is great. Sure, it made his toes toasty, but otherwise, he really liked it!

Zammy at McDonald's Playland

Zammy picks up an older woman.

Me Want Food

I think this is avocado on his face...

More Cute Pics

I told you my head was big.

Hmmmmmmm...is this cookie good!

Sometimes a Big Head is Just a Big Head

Zammy has a big head. In fact it is 51 cm circumference, as a 6 month old. Upon our pediatrician’s recommendation, Tania took him to a pediatric neurosurgeon last week. Instead of getting the expected once-over, “he’s big, his head’s big, no big deal,” he expressed concern, and told us to get an MRI of his noggin, sooner than later.

We took this video this morning before the MRI, when he was in his typically good spirits.

Well, Zammy had his MRI today, and he went through it like a champ. He couldn't have food for 6 hours previous, so Tania got him up at 430a, and he was a good soldier until about 1015a, when he wanted to eat, and let us know. Luckily, this was just before his sedation, which was oral rather than via IV, and was performed by a doc who was a resident a year in front of Tania at Children's, and one Tania remembered as being very thorough, so she was confident we were in good hands.

Apparently, he didn't feel much effect of the sedation, and more slept throught the MRI, as he was up, though real groggy, 20 minutes after the MRI. They were saying it could be 1-2 hours.

Just a few minutes ago, we found out the results: he has a big head. The additional fluid he is producing is not affecting anything, including especially his brain. Typically, this condition clears up by his their first birthday. We will follow up in three months to make sure the status is quo.

This means that his motor deficits stem from his large head, rather than something inside his large head. After an evaluation, Zammy will have weekly physical and occupational therapy to help him catch up.

Most importantly, by the end of the day today, he was the same goofy, smiley, chatty little boy, he was before, allaying my irrational fears that the process would transform him into a bratty
crybaby.

Wait Until Next Year

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

-A. Bartlett Giamatti, Former Commissioner of Baseball

With the Michigan Kellys

While Dad and Uncle Kevin were at the Cubs' playoff debacle, the Michigan Kellys joined the local Kellys for a get-together at the Roses. Zammy is comfortable in Uncle Peter's arms.


Sarah and Zammy

The two youngest Kelly cousins hang out.

Zammy is Convinced the Cubs Will Come Back Against Arizona

Milena's Birthday

Zammy got the family together for an impromptu birthday party for Milena.