Jackson's Life Journey

I'm going to warn some of you now, you might not like what you have to read and you may not agree with it, but I encourage you to consider this position; especially if you care about our little boy. Jackson Cooley is on Medicaid and without the Affordable Care Act, he and I wouldn't be where we are today. When Austin got hurt in 2014 we got on Medicaid because we couldn't afford health coverage while he wasn't working... we were able to qualify due to the ACA. When we were in a better place financially we went to go off of Medicaid; however I was already pregnant with Jackson at the time. Because of my pregnancy I was kept on Medicaid which turned out to be a huge blessing. During my pregnancy with Jackson I saw 4 specialists, got over 20 ultrasounds, and lots of blood work and non-stress tests because of my bicornate uterus, Jackson's growth restrictions and his clubfeet. There would have been no way we could have paid for the extreme number of tests I had done to...

As we have approached this holiday season we are full of excitement to have our wonderful, blessed life we live. Our son is our greatest joy and blessing. We have gifts wrapped and are getting the tree ready for Santa to decorate on Christmas Eve. I can't wait to see the wonder I hope will fill his eyes when he sees the lights on Christmas tree. Since my last update he has grown so much. He clocks in around 20 lbs and 30 inches; he's a lean tall boy. We are cloth diapering and he loves his pretty diapers. He's a heavy wetter so we use disposables at night but that's okay. His physical therapy is going pretty well however there are still some concerns. He was saying dada and making other intelligent sounds but he may be digressing into just squeals, yells, and grunts which could be bad. We are working on getting him to crawl but are struggling; he works hard with Ms. Shelley. He seems to prefer an extension posture which includes locking all him limbs so we need to get ...

So Jackson is now 6 months old, actually pushing 7 months now. He had his six month physical a few weeks ago and he is thriving; as if we didn't already know that. He was 17 lbs and 15 oz and 28 inches. Now he's over 18 lbs. He got a few shots and took it like a trooper, a few tears after the needles went in but nothing past that. Jackson got the flu shot as well; he goes back in a month for the second dose. Since then we have begun dealing with our first real He had his orthopedic appointment as well. Dr. Oetgen was super excited about how well Jackson's feet are doing. He gave us the go to transition into night time wear. Jackson now wears his boots from the time he falls asleep until he wakes up first thing in the morning. We go back in January for a check to make sure he isn't relapsing or anything crazy. He also had his urology appointment! Dr. Kaloo told us the hydrocenes (fluid in his testicles) resolved but she still had concerns about his hypospadia so she pr...