Sunday, we went to the pumpkin patch, which was really neat, but would've been way more fun if Kynlie was a year older. We did get some cute pictures though. We took my camera to Best Buy for them to send it in and see if it is fixable, we ran around the mall and ate at my favorite restaurant, Texas Roadhouse.
On Monday before therapy, we ran up to the NICU to see her nurses, I love taking her up there because they are always so excited to see her. I also like to see the nurses because I spent a lot of time with them!
Her therapy appointments went great, they all said that she is right on track with her adjusted age of 8 months but is doing some things that are more typical of 9 month olds. They gave us a few things that we can work with her on- pulling herself up on furniture, cruising furniture and mimicking our noises and actions. They said it's not that she should be doing them already, they are just things to get her on the fast track. She still isn't crawling yet but she is SO close, she's got the hand an feet movement down, just has to figure out that they can go together. They said that part of the reason she hasn't figured it out yet is because she doesn't stop moving. They want to see her again in 6 months.
After therapy she had her appointment with Dr. Ocejo. She was 27" long, which is the 49% and she only weighed 14 lb 12 oz. which is in the 3%. Dr. Ocejo said he was concerned about her weight, one, because winter is coming and she has no weight to lose if she would get sick, and two because her height and weight percentiles are so far off. He said if they were 25% off, he wouldn't be as concerned. He said that we need to start putting 1/2 tsp real butter in her vegetable and meat meals. He said that will add calories without trying to force feed her more food. He also wants us to give her Pediasure before bed. He said start out slow, then gradually get her up to where she will take 4-7 oz. He said that it is very rich and high in calories so if we give it to her at night, she should sleep better and not burn off those calories. Dr. Ocejo said that he could see, just by watching her during her appointment what a lot of the problem with her gaining weight is. She absolutely does not stop moving, ever. Even when she's sleeping, she is squirming and sometimes even moving her feet like she is jumping!
He said he still didn't want to do anything with her birthmark. He said he doesn't think it bothers her, it's getting less puffy and if it does go away on its own, it won't leave mark. He said if we do surgery, she will have a scar and it's such a complicated surgery he would much rather wait until she is bigger.
He also said he thought she may be anemic so we had to draw blood to check her iron level. If she is anemic, we just have to put her on an iron supplement. I got to thinking about it and when I was pregnant, my iron was low and I took iron supplements, I have been slacking on taking them lately though, so I am going to make it a point to take my iron every day and see if it'll help her out a bit.
She got 3 vaccines and her flu shot, then had to get blood drawn so she had a bandaid on both legs, one arm, and a wrap on her other arm. She looked pretty rough when she was in her diaper with all her owies! Neil and I also got our flu shots while we were in there too.
We have to go back in 4 weeks to get her booster flu shot and her other vaccines, then he wants to see her again in 3 months to see if she is gaining weight any better.
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| Can you see her up there? |
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| Family picture at the pumpkin patch. |
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