I wanted to just do a quick health update since Nate had a couple of appointments this week. Monday was his 1 year well baby check. Overall, it went really well. The doctor was pleased with how healthy he is and, for now, we have nothing we are watching...amazing! She said his surgical sites looked really good, his blood pressure is closer to normal, his liver function tests were finally normal, and his electrolytes were looking good too. His growth has slowed down a lot but she wasn't too concerned yet. He only gained a few ounces in the past month but he has grown another half inch in length. He's 18 pounds (19%), 26.5 inches long (8%), and his head is 16.75 inches (3%). Because he hasn't gained much, she wants to wait to start him on cow milk for a while longer. His formula has extra calories for preemies so we'll keep him growing on that for now. The only bad thing about the appointment was getting 5 shots and 2 blood draws. I've never heard Nate scream so much and he is still pretty grumpy about the whole thing.
Tuesday, Nate went to the audiologist again. We didn't learn too much because we already knew he could hear but they noticed some mild hearing loss. I really don't believe it though because the tests they do don't seem very accurate for a baby. They put us in this sound proof booth and put some headphones on Nate and tried to get him to turn his head toward the sounds. First of all, headphones on a 1 year old is ridiculous and lasted about 10 seconds. Their next try was just using speakers. He played their little game for a couple of minutes but then found his shoes and started pulling on the velcro. He was making so much noise that I could barely hear the noises that he was supposed to be listening to. He paid attention only a couple minutes longer than he did at our last appointment 2 months ago. They decided to try again in a few more months...we'll see how it goes.
Whew! That was a lot of business. Here's a little fun to lighten the mood...
It may sound like he is in pain but I promise that is just Nate's laugh :)
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