It is time for
Kmama's weekly therapy session. If you need some therapy, link up or just hop over and enjoy all the other thankfulness!
To the doctors that think it's funny to scare the crap out of us every few months, thinking there is something wrong with Daisy, Thank You Very Much!
It all started at her 20 week ultrasound. There was fluid in her kidneys. I tried not to panic, but there was no change at a follow-up ultrasound one month later. Then, of course, I worried about the worst case scenario. Another month of worrying and a Level II ultrasound with a specialist showed that Miss Daisy's kidneys were clear and perfectly normal! Thank you so much!
At Daisy's 2 month well-check visit, the doctor said she had a heart murmur. Again, an entire month of worrying before we could get an appointment with a cardiologist. EKG's, ultrasounds and evaluations showed that Daisy DID NOT have a heart murmur! The cardiologist said that since babies are so small it is easier to hear their blood flowing which the original Doc thought was a valve not closing all the way. He also said they like to see "normal" hearts from time to time. Thanks for making me drive across town and making me pay a "specialist" co-pay just to be told that my baby is "normal!"
And then to our most recent issue. At Daisy's first office visit, 6 days old, she was in the 5th percentile for weight. For the next 4 months her weight percentiles went steadily up. At her 4 month well-check she was in the 49th percentile. That is pretty good for my kids. But with each visit after that her percentiles started going down. At her 12 month check-up she was in the 6th percentile and the Dr was concerned. She wanted me to take Daisy to get her blood drawn so they could check for kidney function, liver function, celiac disease and some other tests I can't remember. I DID NOT want to take her to get blood drawn! Wouldn't she have other symptoms if she had any of those problems? I didn't take her. We were back at the Drs office one month later for a weight check and I told the Dr I wanted to give it a little more time even though her weight was now in the 4th percentile. She agreed and we scheduled a 15 month well-check. Between 13months and 15months Daisy enjoyed Halloween with lots of mini Milky Ways and we had her drink PediaSure with her meals. She had to have gained some good weight! However, at her 15 month visit she was down to the 1st percentile! The Dr wanted to get the tests. I tried to get an appointment while DaddyO was off work for Thanksgiving but I was unsuccessful. I finally took her in last Friday. It was awful. I had to hold her down and let someone poke her arm. I thought she would scream at the top of her lungs but she was so upset she was hyperventilating and there wasn't much sound! We went back to the Drs again on Tuesday for the results of the tests. EVERYTHING was normal. I guess her thyroid level was 1/10 of a point above the normal range and we might have to re-check that in a couple of months. Oh, and Miss Daisy is now in the 2nd percentile for weight Thank You Very Much!
Does this look like a sick baby to you?
