More Medical Tales...

These days I live in a constant state of stress and worry, although I'm pretty good at internalizing my feelings so at least its not effecting my day to day too much. Every time I look at Brady's sweet smile though a part of me wonders, Is everything okay with him? Why isn't he growing like he should? So the last few days my stomach has been in knots thinking about our doctor appointment and first electrode therapy session this morning. First up, gastro. Last month Brady weighed in on her scale at 17.0 lbs and today was 17.13 oz. The doctor was happy to see Brady's weight shoot up, however its not enough. His lack of adequate weight gain is concerning. Brady's blood work came back completely normal last month with the exception of his inflammatory marker, which was high. It could have been high due to the virus he was starting to come down with or it could be something more serious. She feels however, because the rest of his labs were normal and developmentally he is doing so well and he did gain some weight, that we can try one more "easy" step before moving to the more invasive course of action. Doctors orders: no more formula. Instead, all bottles will be replaced with Kid's Boost (355 calories a serving), all meals will be sprinkled with a calorie enriched powder and all Brady's meals will be as fatty as possible. Our goal, 1500 calorie daily. Our end goal is for Brady to gain 1 1/2 pounds by the end of the year. Isn't that crazy that a measly 1 1/2 pounds would mean the world to us for Brady's weight gain? By gaining that amount of weight, that would finally put Brady back on the growth curve. Yup, little B man isn't even on the growth chart. 1 1/2 pounds would put him only in the 3rd percentile, but I'll take it. If Brady does not gain enough weight by then or we're more concerned before the end of the year she will do a scope on Brady to further investigate what's going on inside. So, for now, stomach still in knots, stress still an every day occurrence. *sigh*
I've already typed a novel and I'm not even to the second part of our day, vitilstem therapy. That will come tomorrow. On the edge of your seats aren't you?!