Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Medical Updates
Maggie - Maggie met with an ENT doctor a few weeks ago where they determined that her persistant ear infections have contributed to some hearing loss that would be rectified by having some tubes put in her hears. She's had a chronic ear infection since October and aside from the pain and discomfort which seemed to be a constant trouble to her, we didn't want any hearing issues to impede with her speech during a crucial development time.
The procedure itself was very quick and easy. They go in, they drain the fluid, and then they put in a bobbin shaped tube into her eardrum on both sides. We were there and gone in three hours. It was really the getting ready and the preparation that was a little bit stressful (that and the mom who yelled at me for feeding Robin a yogurt because I didn't see the "no food in this room" sign). But it's all done now and she'll have a follow up appointment next week to make sure the tubes are doing what they should.
Robin - Robin met with a GI doctor the day after Maggie had her appointment where they diagnosed him as "underweight". The GI doctor said that he doesn't like to use failure to thrive when children are obviously thriving inspite of their size. He acknowledged that the markers for malnutrition were height and head growth and Robin has been on track with those two things. He did say that Robin was "very thin".
A barrage of tests were done (2000.00 worth according to the insurance company...yikes!) and nothing came back positive. So he doesn't have celiac disease, or a thyroid problem, or intestinal parasites. Diagnosis "He's just Robin", which is what I assumed the ultimate diagnosis would be. That being said we are going to meet with a nutritionist who will take a look at his food journal to see if there's any other ways we could cram calories into his existing diet. I've taken to adding a bit of heavy cream into his whole milk along with the ovaltine along with all the other things we do to add calories. So that's the story. He is who he is.
The procedure itself was very quick and easy. They go in, they drain the fluid, and then they put in a bobbin shaped tube into her eardrum on both sides. We were there and gone in three hours. It was really the getting ready and the preparation that was a little bit stressful (that and the mom who yelled at me for feeding Robin a yogurt because I didn't see the "no food in this room" sign). But it's all done now and she'll have a follow up appointment next week to make sure the tubes are doing what they should.
Robin - Robin met with a GI doctor the day after Maggie had her appointment where they diagnosed him as "underweight". The GI doctor said that he doesn't like to use failure to thrive when children are obviously thriving inspite of their size. He acknowledged that the markers for malnutrition were height and head growth and Robin has been on track with those two things. He did say that Robin was "very thin".
A barrage of tests were done (2000.00 worth according to the insurance company...yikes!) and nothing came back positive. So he doesn't have celiac disease, or a thyroid problem, or intestinal parasites. Diagnosis "He's just Robin", which is what I assumed the ultimate diagnosis would be. That being said we are going to meet with a nutritionist who will take a look at his food journal to see if there's any other ways we could cram calories into his existing diet. I've taken to adding a bit of heavy cream into his whole milk along with the ovaltine along with all the other things we do to add calories. So that's the story. He is who he is.
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