With all the excitement yesterday, I forgot to give an update on Hannah and our pediatrician visit!
She is doing great 🙂 At 5-1/2 months old, she is 15 lb 1 oz, and she is almost 25 inches long. She is definitely moving up those growth charts. Not surprising given how well she eats. He has given us the okay to start solids, but I didn’t tell him that we have already tried sweet potatoes a couple of times already (she just doesn’t know what to do with it yet!). But now that we got the okay, I’m going to start trying once a day.
He strongly disagrees with the ENT doctor’s assessment of her overall body tone, because he thinks it is great and right on target. She isn’t rolling over yet, but that could be due to her large abdomen from the spleen and liver. Her spleen is still huge (6 cm below the rib cage, normal you can’t feel it at all), and her liver is still slightly larger than normal (3 cm below the rib cage, normal is 1 to 2 cm). Her platelets were 90,000, just shy of the 93,000 to 105,000 range she has been in for the past 3 months, so basically stable.
She definitely has an old-fashioned cold (you know, the kind where she blow bubbles out of her nose), but her lungs sounded clear so there is no bronchial involvement. Heart sounded great, and everything else looked great too. Still has the breathing stridor difficulties because of her laryngomalacia, but it hasn’t worsened at all.
Instead of an every 2 to 3 week appointment, we graduated to seeing him monthly now! As much as I love Dr. B., (he is the best pediatrician!), having more time in between visits is a good step towards some type of normalcy. Of course, this was before we got a diagnosis, so who knows what is next!
But, bottom line, Hannah is doing great health wise right now. 🙂
it is so hard to gauge “normal” at this age! Makena is now almost 11 mos…didn’t start sitting alone or rolling over until about 6 mos and crawling at almost 9! Where her brother was crawling at 6 mos. But went from crawling to standing to cruising in about 2 weeks…and has taken a couple very little baby steps on her own!
So poo poo to anyone who can really tell at this age in terms of those physical milestones! Some babies are just happier laying around for a bit!
So glad to hear she is growing, and hope the nose bubbles go soon…Makena is just getting over hers after 3 weeks of it. ugh!
I found your blog by clicking on an Entrecard button. Here’s hoping that 2009 is a wonderful year for your daughter! May God continue to bless your family!
I agree that normal is a difficult definition for babies. Yeah for a good appointment and a happy pediatrician.
Awesome news about the doctor getting back to you so quickly and giving you a doctor to see. And how wonderful that he is so receptive to seeing you. The more involved the better. Plus the experts on Gaucher’s will be able to answer your questions and know what to look for.