Brody had another good night

Brody did well again last night.   His belly pain was not too bad and he slept well except for Mom having to wake him up and make him pee every couple of hours.   He still can't empty his bladder fully and does not get a sensation that his bladder is full and he needs to pee.   So,  we gotta have him go every couple hours to keep him from becoming fluid overloaded.   He also does not have control of bowel fuction right now either.   Each time we have him go pee,  his diaper is usually full of very loose stools.   So each time we have to wake him up to go pee it's also a cleaning him up process too.   It is hard for him to get any solid sleep through all of this obviously.   So far,  knock on wood,  his bottom has not gotten very sore.   We are coating his bottom very heavily with bag balm to keep his skin protected. 

Brody remains in good spirits through all of this.   It's amazing how much he tolerates and yet still he is a basically very happy child.   He is a very tired boy too right now and is sleeping most of the day and night.   When he does wake up though,  he usually has a smile on his face.  
He was glad to spend some awake time with his Papaw and brother Jaden yesterday.   They watched Cars 2 together until Brody fell back asleep.    Brody was asking in the middle of the night if Papaw got to watch the whole movie and wanted to know if he liked it.   He says,  "Papaw likes cars,  trucks,  and tractors,  I bet he liked it."     Papaw will have to let him know today what he thought of the movie.  

My dad has been helping us out this week with watching Geordi and Jaden.    He has them busy keeping up with chores at home for us too.   He has them doing laundry,  vacuuming,  cleaning bathrooms,   cooking,  and cleaning the kitchen.   They are taking care of all our numerous pets and of course doing their school work.   Geordi and Jaden are being very big helpers this week and my dad is helping them realize how many little things they can do around the house that add up to be very helpful for the whole family.   My boys are growing up so fast.