This is Josef at 2 weeks with the same pacifier as in the hoodie picture... my look how he has grown!
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Take a deep breath
We went to the hematologist today.
We don't have an answer yet; we need to repeat the blood tests in two weeks.
The good news is that it looks like these are not dire issues that require immediate attention and that all the possibilities are most likely not of great concern in the long term.
There are two things we are looking at now... That strange breast milk jaundice and the possibility that Josef is transitioning out of fetal blood supply into mature blood supply and we just caught him at a cross hairs.
The plan is to test again and see if the levels we would expect to go up actually go up (hematocrit and hemoglobin) and those we would expect to go down actually go down (bilirubin and reticulocytes).
We had a fabulous experience and had a great doctor that took the time to answer questions and show me references and standard values of expected lab results. My Pediatrician was wonderful too; she took the time to call us about 5 times over two days to make sure we were not too worried about our appointment for Squink.
(Nettie - remember that bedside manner is vitally important, especially when they try to teach it out of you in medical school!).
Now if we don't get any viable results from these tests, we go on to another test... but outcomes and possibilities look good.
Office visit basics:
21 3/4 inches long
15 inch head circumference
11 pounds and 12.4 ounces weight (5.345 Kg)
We don't have an answer yet; we need to repeat the blood tests in two weeks.
The good news is that it looks like these are not dire issues that require immediate attention and that all the possibilities are most likely not of great concern in the long term.
There are two things we are looking at now... That strange breast milk jaundice and the possibility that Josef is transitioning out of fetal blood supply into mature blood supply and we just caught him at a cross hairs.
The plan is to test again and see if the levels we would expect to go up actually go up (hematocrit and hemoglobin) and those we would expect to go down actually go down (bilirubin and reticulocytes).
We had a fabulous experience and had a great doctor that took the time to answer questions and show me references and standard values of expected lab results. My Pediatrician was wonderful too; she took the time to call us about 5 times over two days to make sure we were not too worried about our appointment for Squink.
(Nettie - remember that bedside manner is vitally important, especially when they try to teach it out of you in medical school!).
Now if we don't get any viable results from these tests, we go on to another test... but outcomes and possibilities look good.
Office visit basics:
21 3/4 inches long
15 inch head circumference
11 pounds and 12.4 ounces weight (5.345 Kg)
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Die zauberflute
OK.
I have a huge smile on my face right now.
Squink likes opera!
All is well with the world. Of course I have only played him German ones, one Austrian to be more exact... Mozart to be exactly specific, The Magic Flute to be precise.
Dot was crying up a storm... I figured I would put the cd on and see how he liked the queen of the night aria... and he fell asleep in seconds.
O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!
Du bist unschuldig, weise, fromm;
Ein Jüngling so wie du vermag am besten,
Dies tiefbetrübte Mutterherz zu trösten.
I also forgot to mention amidst all the excitement that schatz and I had terrible food poisoning from one of our favorite restaurants this weekend. Squink was an angel baby for his sick mommy...
I heard from Malcom (his mommy actually), Josef's first roommate. He is doing fantastic. He might (think WILL) get off his O2 very soon and then just have an apnea monitor! How wonderful.
I have a huge smile on my face right now.
Squink likes opera!
All is well with the world. Of course I have only played him German ones, one Austrian to be more exact... Mozart to be exactly specific, The Magic Flute to be precise.
Dot was crying up a storm... I figured I would put the cd on and see how he liked the queen of the night aria... and he fell asleep in seconds.
O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!
Du bist unschuldig, weise, fromm;
Ein Jüngling so wie du vermag am besten,
Dies tiefbetrübte Mutterherz zu trösten.
I also forgot to mention amidst all the excitement that schatz and I had terrible food poisoning from one of our favorite restaurants this weekend. Squink was an angel baby for his sick mommy...
I heard from Malcom (his mommy actually), Josef's first roommate. He is doing fantastic. He might (think WILL) get off his O2 very soon and then just have an apnea monitor! How wonderful.
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