Super Michael

My youngest son Michael (16 months old) never ceases to amaze me.

Since the day he was born, he has had one health problem after another. I will not go into the specifics of the problems. Some were life threatening or serious, and others were not. The people who need to know about them already know about it. Every time we take care of one problem, another one pops up. I am amazed that my wife and I are able to stay sane with everything that has happened to date! Every time something happens to him, it breaks my heart to have to see a child so young and innocent go through something like this. Now I know what my parents went through whenever my sister and I had gotten sick.

The thing that amazes me about him is that despite all of the health problems, he is always happy and laughing. Even though these things that have happened to him stress us out beyond all belief, I am glad they are happening to him now rather than when he gets older. I have read somewhere that children do not remember anything before the age of three. I can actually remember events that have happened to me back when I was between three and four years old, but nothing prior to that as well.