Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Doctor Day

Busy day yesterday! Charlie and Lily kicked things off with a visit to the pediatrician for their monthly Synagis shot. Our appointment was at 9:00 am, so naturally Charlie and Lily decided that THIS would be the morning they would sleep past 7:00 am. I woke up at 7:20 am shocked that they were still asleep, then panicked because we had to be out of the house in a little over an hour. I got them up and since Joe was home we managed to get everyone up, dressed, fed and out the door on time. The shots were fine and both babies had great weigh-ins. Charlie was 14 lbs 8 oz and Lily was 13 lbs even. For their adjusted age of 4 months, I think these are pretty good weights.

A little later in the day Joe, Charlie and I made the trek to Long Branch to see the GI doctor recommended by blog reader Karen, while Miss Lily spent the afternoon at home with Crackers. The doctor that Karen recommended was unavailable but we had been lucky enough to get an appointment with his new partner, Dr. Rakitt, who we loved. She was so patient and thorough - she spent a solid hour in the exam room with us and even watched Charlie take a bottle. However, we didn't make too much progress. About a week ago the pediatrician upped Charlie's dose of Zantac, and since then he has shown improvement. So Dr. Rakitt suggested that we wait another week and a half and see what happens. If Charlie does not continue to show improvement or if he gets worse again we will go back to see her and she will do a barium swallow study to see if he is having problems with his sucking/swallowing. She just didn't want to subject Charlie to any radiation for the testing if it wasn't necessary, and we agreed. She was confident that Charlie's issues are nothing serious, which made us happy. So now we'll just wait and hope that he keeps improving and we don't backslide to where we were two weeks ago! But as shown by his weight gain, he's eating enough regardless, it's just that we want him to be able to comfortable and calm while eating. After all, food should be enjoyable!

Just one new pic today - my two little clowns. "What?!? I'm not touching her. Really..."

9 comments:

Rebecca Nixie said...

Boy does Charlie look like his Daddy!!!! And what great news on their weights!!

Anonymous said...

Michael just said - Oh God - does he look like Joey... I call him Little Joe... I'm glad it's nothing serious. Charlie will be enjoying food once again shortly - he has to he's a DiGiuseppe...

All My Love, Auntie :) xoxoxox

Lauren said...

You two make beautiful babies! Love them!

Stephanie said...

Charlie looks just like his daddy!

Sarah said...

I don't know if you're interested or not, but here's a great online support group for parents of micropreemies

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PreemieBlogMoms/

You can find a lot of support for feeding and all of the general complications that come with having micros.

Kristine McKowen said...

Oh my goodness, Charlie is his daddy's clone! Love his hair all sticking up - it seems to have grown in a week.

andrea said...

that picture is too cute!

we had serious reflux issues in our house for 6/7 months - glad to hear the zantac is working so well for him, hope it stays that way!!

Anonymous said...

You sure do have cute babies!!!! Love the look on Charlie's face! And that hair... so cute!! Lily, as usual is such a pretty little lady!!!! I'm so glad to read your blog & see the babies doing so well! Hopefully Charlie will get his eating under control and soon!

Anonymous said...

Hi pumpkins... Auntie is just doing a little check in...

I love you sweetpeas...

All My Love, Auntie :)xoxoxoxo