Sigh of relief…

Good pediatrician appointment.  Would you believe Hannah weighed in at 18 lb 7 oz today!  Of course that was fully clothed with a wet diaper, but still, that is almost a pound since 3 weeks ago (she was still fully dressed then too!)  My girl is getting big!

Her ear infection is completely cleared – yay!  It was such a chore trying to get her to swallow the amoxycillin, but apparently we got in enough.

We talked about her choking episode.  She hadn’t had any choking at all today, even little ones.  Because she had no respiratory distress after that big choking episode from yesterday (or after any of her little choking episodes that last just a few seconds every once in a great while), he  believes the choking is attributed to her laryngomalacia that has improved quite a bit from six months ago not her GD.  I guess any type of respiratory distress after these choking episodes is a key thing for us to look for now. 

We really won’t know for sure until we have the swallow study done on April 16th.  He was disappointed that the appointment was so far off, but since she isn’t in any immediate danger, I guess there is no reason to try and rush it.

We also talked about her not eating solids yet.  He is concerned about that, and he wants us to work more closely with our occupational therapist on this.  He says it is okay if she doesn’t start for another month or two, but he really wants her to be eating SOME solids sooner than later.  Again, the swallow study will be a great benefit in this area too so we can see what she can tolerate.

Overall, a great appointment, and I walked away with a huge sigh of relief.  We made it through another month with no new symptoms and no major scares (well, the one did turn out to be an ear infection, so we can write that one off as non-GD).