Friday, January 9, 2009

Update

I figured I'd update on how my neice is doing. So far, the findings are good! The ultrasound on her liver came back normal!!! Yay!!! And the GI specialist (I think that's who my sister said they saw) said that so far everything looks good. They are waiting on the last few blood test results but it looks like things may be just fine, except they're still leaving her with the failure to thrive diagnosis the pediatrician gave her earlier this week. That one really bugs me though.

At her 1-year appointment they were worried about her weight because she'd been dropping percentiles and was a little over 18lbs so they had them put her on ensure to help boost her calorie intake because she's a picky eater. Well, she gained a pound in a month! Which is really good for a 12-month old and even raised the percentiles. so they were satisfied after the appointment that she was doing fine, but then the blood tests came back and her liver enzymes were up pretty high so that's when the pediatrician started worrying about her having hepatitis and then gave her a failure to thrive diagnosis! I mean, c'mon on. Mom and Dad is already worrying their baby may have hepatitis and they add that on top of it!?! It just really REALLY bugs me. But so far things are looking good so I guess I shouldn't be complaining!

Thanks everyone for your prayers and support for them this week! I know it was felt!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

HI! I saw your link from the ward blog and had to stop by and say hello! So excited to see other bloggers! :) Have a beautiful night!

Heidi said...

I'm so glad she's doing better! That is good news!