Looking Good

Sorry I've been slow to post the results of our Doctor's visits from last week, but life with 2 under 2 is a bit hectic, to say the least.

We had a GREAT trip to New Orleans for our follow-up visits with Drew's specialists. The trip certainly surpassed our expectations...

We started at the Neurologist's office and in a nutshell, he didn't expect to have to see us ever again. He checked Drew's fontanel, measured his head, asked us a few questions and was very satisfied that Drew was recovering well. Again he reiterated that we will likely be dealing with possible coordination issues, but only time will tell.

From there, we moved on to the Hematologist who reported that Drew's bloodwork has come back normal so far. While we were there, he consulted with a coagulation expert and thus ordered one more series of tests to which we should have results sometime next week. He didn't expect abnormal results from these either, though, because Drew had no bleeding issues when he was circumcised. We should be done with the Hematologist, as well.

Next we were off to Radiology where we had another CT scan. We didn't get to see the Neurosurgeon because he had 2 emergency surgeries arise that day. Anyways, his office called to say Drew wouldn't need to be seen again until spring and at that time, he'll have a repeat MRI/MRA/MRV study to see if the original hemorrhage was caused by a malformation.

Finally, some of the best news we heard all day was that our little man gained nearly 1/2 lb in a week! He was up to 7 lbs 7 oz as of last Thursday and we're hoping he'll be up to 8 lbs by his appointment on Friday (time to start immunizations).

I'm off to get some sleep while the babies are sleeping...