we had a really rough appt with the guys at the pedi this morning... val is just fine. language delayed, but no worries yet over that, as his hearing is fine & he is a twin & 7 weeks early. doc said both are pry contributing factors, so not to stress yet. he's 50th percentile for height & a bit less than that for weight. lots of shots today, plus a finger stick to test lead & hemoglobin levels.
conrad got all the same pokes & measurements, but hasn't grown much height-wise (he & val are now the same height) & actually lost weight in the past 10 days. seriously not cool. he had been gaining slowly, then holding steady & now he's losing. & this is with him actually barfing LESS. his eating habits haven't changed, so we don't know what's up. he had a bunch more blood drawn, in addition to all the pokes, to test for anything wonky going on & should get results back in a couple days. we're dropping the zantac, which seemed to help not at all, & moving to prevacid twice a day instead of just once. we have a follow-up appt a week from monday, but if nothing changes, we're off to a GI doc. & the poor boy's excema is no better after the wet-jammy treatment, altho it did seem to make him temporarily more confortable. we're going to give it another day, then i'll call the allergist back & see what our next step is.
i feel so awful my poor boy is going thru all this crap. he's such a happy little man, despite it all, & it just breaks my heart to see him with all these needles & pokes. we're never out of the doctor's office for more than a week, & i am so freaking upset that he's losing weight. i'm not sure we should even be going to DC next week (for my grandpa's funreal at arlington) with all this going on. he doesn't eat well when we travel, & stress makes the excema worse. the pedi said it was ok to take him, but i just don't know....
this sucks. at least he's still cheerful tho, & val is doing great-- asthma well-controlled & perfectly healthy. (counting blessings....)
Oh I'm so sorry. I wish that this would all go away for you. I pray that they find a reason for all of this and that it gets taken care of very soon. So sorry you are all going through this right now. Hugs to you all.
ReplyDelete~hugs~ Hopefully results come back quick with something easy to solve! I can't imagine how aggravating this must be...
ReplyDeleteSince C has allergy issues, what are the odds of V having the same issues? Just curious?
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ReplyDeleteDid you say that Con was starting to crawl? With one of mine (I think K) when he started to crawl lost a little weight. Also, the poor little guy has went through a lot this last few weeks.
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Aww poor Con and poor mom :( This has got to be tough for you. I hope it's nothing and he starts gaining again with no issues or at least something small that is easy to solve. And his skin issues sound horrible - hoping that they get better quickly as well!
ReplyDeletekim-- con doesn't do a "real" crawl yet, jsut an army crawl (i think he might skip crawling altogether actually) but he's been doing hsi style crawling for months, so the doc didn't attribute his weight loss to that. val's walking does account for HIS slower gain, but the crawling wasn't enough to account for con's weight loss.
ReplyDeleteiiri-- val has asthma & mild excema, so he's also pretty much guaranteed to have allergy issues. we're just hoping they stay mild, since allergies can be really rough with asthma.
& thanks for the good wishes guys. i'll keep you all posted...
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ReplyDeleteWhen the kiddo I babysit was having weight we were adding whipping cream to his milk, and giving pedisure. But I will say that when Noah isn't feeling well he tends to lose a bit of weight. So if his reflux and itchies are really bothering him he may just be losing from that. I hope they start getting things figured out for him!
awww...i'm sorry you are so stressed!! hopefully they find the issues quickly.
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