Connor saw his pulmonologist today, and it went really well!! He said that from a purely pulmonary standpoint, Connor is doing really well. The fact that he got through several bad illnesses this winter without serious pulmonary effects is a really good sign. He said that only a good pulmo listening hard could hear his laryngotracheobroncho malacia now, which is huge improvement from when he first started seeing this pulmo at 3 months old and his breathing could be heard from outside the room and down the hall!
We talked about his weight gain...he's gained about 900 grams from his lowest weight in early February when he was hospitalized with rotavirus, so although his growth chart is still pretty pitiful, it is good FOR HIM. We discussed going back to see a gastro that is new to the hospital (I fired his old gastros after having one too many arguments with them about breastfeeding) and the pulmo suggested that we get malabsorption tests run and if those are negative, then possibly look into metabolic stuff. THe thing is, until the last 6 months, his weight has always been proportionate to his height, he's just been well below the charts for both. But recently his height has been around the 3-5th %, so now his height/weight ratio is dropping. I'm definitely willing to give a new gastro a chance, and I figure that now he's 2, I'll have less arguments about breastfeeding...he eats a majority of his calories from solid foods anyway. I know that nutritionally he's good, we've done food logs with several nutritionists. So I'll call tomorrow and see when I can get him in.
He scheduled his next follow up for August, about 6 weeks before the baby is due, so hopefully he won't need to be seen again until winter, or if he gets sick.
However, he was kind of cranky at the appt, and fell asleep in the car on the way home. My husband said he had two interrupted naps earlier in the day, hence his tiredness. He snuggled with daddy for a while, then fell asleep again. He just woke up and has a dang fever!!!!!!! WTF???
We talked about his weight gain...he's gained about 900 grams from his lowest weight in early February when he was hospitalized with rotavirus, so although his growth chart is still pretty pitiful, it is good FOR HIM. We discussed going back to see a gastro that is new to the hospital (I fired his old gastros after having one too many arguments with them about breastfeeding) and the pulmo suggested that we get malabsorption tests run and if those are negative, then possibly look into metabolic stuff. THe thing is, until the last 6 months, his weight has always been proportionate to his height, he's just been well below the charts for both. But recently his height has been around the 3-5th %, so now his height/weight ratio is dropping. I'm definitely willing to give a new gastro a chance, and I figure that now he's 2, I'll have less arguments about breastfeeding...he eats a majority of his calories from solid foods anyway. I know that nutritionally he's good, we've done food logs with several nutritionists. So I'll call tomorrow and see when I can get him in.
He scheduled his next follow up for August, about 6 weeks before the baby is due, so hopefully he won't need to be seen again until winter, or if he gets sick.
However, he was kind of cranky at the appt, and fell asleep in the car on the way home. My husband said he had two interrupted naps earlier in the day, hence his tiredness. He snuggled with daddy for a while, then fell asleep again. He just woke up and has a dang fever!!!!!!! WTF???
