Doctors Updates...

Well, Legare had his 6 month doctor's appointment on Tuesday. He is looking good, still a little peanut.

Weight: 8 pds 15 ounces
Length: 21 inches
Head Circ: 15 3/4 inches

He got his shots as well - poor little guy. We had a great conversation with our pediatrician about his weight/feeding issues. We talked about the pros/cons of the g-tube and what the surgery would consist of. He did defer to the GI specialist about timing and when to do the tube. Legare has continued to eat better, but unfortunately after he got his immunizations he got a fever and did not eat very well at all for our weigh in today with the GI specialist.

The GI said that he is encouraged and that he has improved since our last appointment 3 weeks ago, but Legare needs to have consistent weight gain in the next two weeks; if not his recommendation would be the g-tube. We go back to the pediatrician on Thursday for another weight check and then go from there.

I do not know if I am over tired, but this week has been such an emotional roller coaster - so much pressure on each and every bottle. You can tell he is trying and probably is just as frustrated as I am. It is just so hard to get him to eat and every ounce is so important. I was telling one of my friends that he needs an extra 3 ounces a day - to the average baby they could probably do it in their sleep, but for Legare that is like climbing a mountain. Sometimes I wonder if the tube would be better for him, or is that just the easier way. He is gradually improving - key word gradually.

Well, after this week we are headed for a little piece of heaven or so I think. We are going to Point Farm. (My family's place on Wadmalaw Island) To me, there is nothing better than hanging on the porch or taking the dogs swimming off the dock - no cell phones, no doctors just a little R & R.