(Sorry. There are no pics with this post. You know how much I hate that but my Mom has the pics from this week and I did not have time to get them on my computer. Excuses, excuses.)
Hadleigh had her 1 year old check up and once again, things just can't run smoothly. As the Doc examines her, she says "you know she has double infections, right?" Oh no, she has not shown us any signs of discomfort. Such a strange child!! So got meds for ears...
Her stats crack me up
Height - 31 inches (now down to the 95th percentile instead of being off the charts)
Weight - 20 lbs (45th percentile. This was GREAT after the disasterous 10th percentile she dropped to at her 9 month appt.)
Head - big (as the rest of my children)
In length, Hadleigh is wearing lots of outfits that Jillian wore turning 2 years old! Ha!!
She got routine vaccinations and they did some other blood tests and I thought nothing of it. Doc was happy she was in PT/OT.
Well, they call us 24 hrs after appointment. Hadleigh's blood test show she is extremely anemic. Doc says test has a tendency to give a lot of false positives so she wants us to go a labratory for a more extensive blood test to give a more accurate diagnosis.
My mom took her on Tuesday. The Doc instructed that the blood be taken from the vein so my Mom said they took it from her arm (like an adult). The stupid nurse kept poking her and poking her and never got a vein. Hadleigh was screaming!! My Mom about strangled the nurse (my Mom has no tolerence for incompetent nurses) and got a different nurse in and the new nurse picked the other arm and got the vein on the first try.
Anyways another 24 hrs later, doc calls again. Test is accurate. Hadleigh has anemia. Grrrr! Poor little thing!! So we have to start supplementing bottles and food with this poly--something, something drops. Doc will recheck at her 15 month appt. My mom said she had anemia growing up and maybe this is hereditary??? I don't know. I need to do some research if I ever have time.
If you have made it this far, Jillian and Rocco had a great first day at their new MDO. Actually I should say Daddy Day Out. There are only 7 kids in Jillian's class and 10 kids in Rocco's class with 2 teachers!!! Isn't that amazing!!!!! We got lengthy handwritten notes from both of their teachers claiming they did a wonderful job on their first day. If only public schools would get on this small class bandwagon???? A teacher can dream can't she!!!!
This weekend, I am hosting the steering committee of my MOPS group at my house. I have been MADLY trying to clean my house, decorate my house, beautify my house, etc. to get ready to have 15 women (who I am sure won't judge me on how it looks. yea right!!) in my house on Saturday. No pressure at all!!!
So that's what I have been up to this week!!
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2 comments:
Hope Hadleigh feels better soon. Poor thing. And, I'm so glad MDO is awesome! The real reason I'm commenting...a MOPS group will totally understand if your house is not perfect. They're all in the same boat. Ha!
Boo to the double ear infection. Also, when Payton was I think a year she had to go on those poly drops. They smell horrible. They didn't do a blood test or anything. It was just standard protocol to go on them at year one. Something about going from formula to milk they wanted to make sure she was getting everything she needed.
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