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More Max news. Saw the pediatric cardiologist AND the pediatric dermatologist on Tuesday. The cardiologist is very pleased with Max's progress. His respiratory rate is down in the high 30's now, and he's not having any real trouble nursing any more, so the cardiologist opted not to increase his Lasix dosage -- we're going to let him grow out of it and see if his symptoms worsen. His murmur sounds a bit louder, as well, so the cardiologist thinks the hole may be starting to close. It's the first time he's really talked about possibly not needing to do the surgery, so we're just over the moon about that!
The pediatric dermatologist decided to put Max on propranolol to shrink his hemangioma (which looks normal to her) so he won't have any issues with it growing bigger and potentially affecting his eye/vision. Normally, they give steroid shots, but they've recently found propranolol to be very effective. The dermatologist also determined Max has eczema on his face and trunk (I thought he might, but it's hard to tell from baby acne sometimes) and so put him on two different steroid ointments that we have to apply twice a day. So THAT'S been fun, and messy, but it already looks better.
Then yesterday we saw the pediatrician for his 2-month visit. He's up to 13 lbs, 13 oz. (89th percentile) and is 24 3/4" long (95th percentile), which is GREAT! Then he got 4 shots, which was NOT so great. But overall, he's doing wonderfully, and we couldn't be more grateful! Thanks again to all of you who are praying so diligently for him -- it's definitely helping!
YB also had his 5-year visit yesterday. No shots for him (luckily), but he's still at about the 79th percentile for weight (he's been anywhere from the 73rd to the 88th over the past two years) and at the 85th percentile for height. What can I say -- my boys grow big! (EB is wearing a size 13 shoe in 9th grade, if that gives you any idea, heh.)
In my dreams, heh.
Everything Else
More Max news. Saw the pediatric cardiologist AND the pediatric dermatologist on Tuesday. The cardiologist is very pleased with Max's progress. His respiratory rate is down in the high 30's now, and he's not having any real trouble nursing any more, so the cardiologist opted not to increase his Lasix dosage -- we're going to let him grow out of it and see if his symptoms worsen. His murmur sounds a bit louder, as well, so the cardiologist thinks the hole may be starting to close. It's the first time he's really talked about possibly not needing to do the surgery, so we're just over the moon about that!
The pediatric dermatologist decided to put Max on propranolol to shrink his hemangioma (which looks normal to her) so he won't have any issues with it growing bigger and potentially affecting his eye/vision. Normally, they give steroid shots, but they've recently found propranolol to be very effective. The dermatologist also determined Max has eczema on his face and trunk (I thought he might, but it's hard to tell from baby acne sometimes) and so put him on two different steroid ointments that we have to apply twice a day. So THAT'S been fun, and messy, but it already looks better.
Then yesterday we saw the pediatrician for his 2-month visit. He's up to 13 lbs, 13 oz. (89th percentile) and is 24 3/4" long (95th percentile), which is GREAT! Then he got 4 shots, which was NOT so great. But overall, he's doing wonderfully, and we couldn't be more grateful! Thanks again to all of you who are praying so diligently for him -- it's definitely helping!
YB also had his 5-year visit yesterday. No shots for him (luckily), but he's still at about the 79th percentile for weight (he's been anywhere from the 73rd to the 88th over the past two years) and at the 85th percentile for height. What can I say -- my boys grow big! (EB is wearing a size 13 shoe in 9th grade, if that gives you any idea, heh.)
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Date: 2009-05-28 09:30 pm (UTC)