Addison is 6 weeks old today! She is really starting to look around and interact more with Mommy & Daddy. She makes the cutest sounds and takes a long time waking up like her Mommy. Lots of stretching and moaning (as she is doing in the picture above)! As you can see from her chubby cheeks, she is still putting on some weight and growing very fast.
To update you on her health concerns, she had her 3rd blood draw this week yesterday. The actual draw went much better yesterday than it had on Fri. & Sat because Momma got mean! Ha! I told the nurse I didn't want to be rude, but she basically had ONE chance to stick her and that was it! She took a LONG time to find the vein and then got it on the first try! We were all much happier.
I just heard back from the pediatrician about the results. Her hemoglobin continues to drop and her protiens went up slightly but are still below normal. Her doctor feels that these levels are not alarming but something to continue to look at. She put her on a new vitamin and an iron supplement, and we will have another blood draw next week. We have an apt. on Sat. with the pediatrician again. She is considering referring us to a gastrointestinal doctor as a next step. However, I am encouraged because since I have been off dairy, she has had no blood in her diapers and seems to feel a little better. We are still waiting to see if her heart murmur & spot on her shoulder correct themselves. Please continue to pray for her health and that we do not even need to see any specialist (cardiologist or gastrointestinal).
UPDATE 9/6/08 -- Addison's apt. today went great! She has gained 6 oz. this week and had no blood in her stool! We will go again to get blood drawn next week and are praying her hemoglobin count is up. If it is not, we will get a referral to a GI specialist.
