Boogers and headbands and fetishes, oh my!

Since birth, little Jay has had a clogged tear duct in his left eye. This has created constant eye boogers and eye crusties, sometimes being so bad that his eye is sealed shut when he wakes up in the morning or after a long nap. We were constantly wiping out gunk with our fingers, so much so that since the new year, Jason has been fighting back and poking everyone else in the eye with his finger, to see how they like it. No drops or massaging was working, and it didn't clear up on its own, so finally we went in to have it surgically fixed.

Here is Jason's eye before the procedure.


On Tuesday, February 9th, Dustin took Jason to Desert Banner for his surgery. Mommy was too sick to take him herself, and didn't want to be around Jason because if he was sick, they would reschedule the procedure. The procedure was pretty simple - light anesthesia, stick a probe down the tear duct, puncture the membrane that never opened, squirt some saline solution down the duct to make sure it was open, and let Jay wake up from the anesthetics. He was home a few hours after he left. No adverse effects from the anesthesia and he was eating and playing like normal that afternoon. Here he is just come home from the hospital. His eye already looked so much better. The pen on the forehead was to make sure they did the correct eye.


Otherwise, Jason has just been his normal, loveable self. He loves exploring all things new, such as the drivers seat with all its gadgets and gizmos.

He is going through a shoe fetish and just loves putting mommy and daddy's shoes on.

He has even gotten fairly good at walking around in them.



He also has taken to wearing Mommy's headband as a necklace and weighing himself on the bathroom scale (he's about 23.5-24 pounds these days). If he can do it naked, all the better.

He also dances whenever he notices music. We just love to watch him. We hope you do too!