Friday, June 19, 2009
Olivia and Cole's 6 month Well Visit
The twins - 6 months old!
Waiting patiently for the pediatrician!
Olivia Christine - 12 lbs 2 oz, 24 1/8 inches and 16 1/8" head circumference
Cole Justice - 17 lbs, 26 1/2 inches long, and 17" head circumference
Cole says "Pimpin ain't easy!"
Olivia and Cole had their 6 month Well Visit today! They are both doing GREAT!!
Cole is in the 50% for height and the 25-50% for weight and head circumference, while Olivia continues to be our peanut. She is in the 5% for height, the -3% for weight and the 10% for head circumference.
Olivia has made tons of gains as she is now smiling and cooing constantly. She loves to roll from back to front and she is a mover and shaker!! She also is tracking all of us, especially her brothers!! With that said, we still have some things to work on with her. She will be starting physical therapy and occupational therapy for poor muscle tone soon. She'll also be working with a speech therapist monthly on oral motor feeding issues. We will be seeing the neurologist next week for all of the results from the neurological work-up. So far, most things seem to be fine with the exception of Olivia having fluid in her ears and some gross motor and speech delays. She is taking medicine to try to relieve the fluid. We'll know in July whether or not she'll need tubes. Last, we FINALLY seem to have the Reflux under control. The best part of that is....she is finally sleeping through the night!
Cole is our talker! He is constantly yelling, I mean talking to us! LOL! He loves to roll back to front and also play in his jumperoo. He is VERY alert and watches every move we all make, so much that he gets upset when we leave the room even for a second. I think he gets that from his Dad. Speaking of George, Cole continues to look more and more like him every day. He is doing great health wise, other than a few spit-up's here and there and bad eczema. He appears to be on track developmentally based on his actual age!!
Luukas is doing well! He is a pre-K graduate now. Soccer season ended, but we have quite a few games of T-ball left! Let us know if you ever want to come watch!! It's a lot of fun!
Happy summer to all!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Olivia and Cole - 5 months old!
Well we're 2 days into being a completely healthy family! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it stays this way!!! Mom and Olivia have clean bills of health after having been through so much. Olivia is a brand new baby. She's smiling and laughing all of the time! Thank goodness!! Yesterday, she ate cereal for the first time! She and Cole LOVE LOVE their Barley cereal. They are quite the characters, those two, and they are constantly looking at each other!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Crazy diseases and illnesses LEAVE MY FAMILY for good!!
So every time I call our pediatrician's office or take Olivia in, I swear they must think I'm half crazy or at least have munchhousers syndrome or something. I even mentioned this to Dr. Antone this week and felt pretty good about his response!! He confirmed it.....I'm one of the parents that brings my kids in when they are ACTUALLY sick. PHEW, what a relief that was to hear considering I'm calling the office and the on-call doctor ALL OF THE TIME! Poor Dr. Antone talked to me at 6 p.m. on Sunday while driving home from his sister's house and at 3 a.m. Monday morning while trying to get some sleep in between feeding his new baby. Then, guess what, the poor guy had to see Olivia and I just 6 hours later at his office, all for a good reason.
Our baby girl has been going through a lot lately. Let me give you a time line:
March 2nd - saw the Gastro dr for the 1st time
March 6th - had an Upper GI
March 12th - seen at the peds and by a surgeon for a lump the size of a prune on her neck.
March 16th - hospitalized for 4 days for the lump and a WBC count of 31. That lump turned out to be Staph Aureus. She had to be on IV antibiotics, then 2 1/2 weeks of oral antibiotics and she saw the Infectious Disease doctor in early April. Olivia was healthy for about a week until...
Spring Break - mid April - saw the ped for her 4 month check up, went to the opthamologist as recommended by the Infectious Disease dr, and saw the neurologist for cognitive and motor delays. Immediately upon getting her shots, Olivia developed a fever and cold/respiratory symptoms which
we were told was a virus.
3rd week in April - had an EEG to rule out infantile seizures, still had cold symptoms and a low grade fever.
The next few weeks and into May - Olivia had a developmental assessment done by EarlyOn and she had an MRI and blood work done (ordered by the neurologist). Throughout all of this, she continued to run fever and it would get up to 102 degrees at night. We saw the dr's (both our ped, in the ER and the after-hour clinic dr's) at least 6 times and eventually Olivia had 2 chest X-rays, received 2 antibiotic shots, and was diagnosed with pneumonia which needed a round of Amoxicillan. Our peds office was still convinced it was all viral since she had clear congestion, a hoarse voice, etc.
May 13th - Olivia woke up from a nap with a 105 degree fever. WOW...can you say...THAT FREAKED ME OUT. I took her into the after-hours clinic and she was diagnosed with an ear infection and was given an antibiotic shot and a RX for Omnicef. We saw the ped the next day who also gave her drops for conjunctivitis. The fever continued, never really going under 101 degrees. Eventually not even Tylenol was breaking it which brings me to Sunday night.
May 17th - On Sunday, Olivia was somewhat lethargic, not eating well, running fever in the evening, and her stomach was extremely bloated. Like I said above, I called Dr. Antone twice and eventually ended up giving her Motrin at 3 a.m. - a one time dose since it's not really recommended in kids under 6 months. We went to the office in the morning and Olivia had a 103.8 degree fever and a WBC of 29. Dr. Antone sent us to Beaumont for a blood culture, CBC and a urine culture. The CBC came back at 24. Dr. Antone then gave Olivia another shot of antibiotics and a RX for Bactrim for a suspected bladder infection and home we went. Later that night, she continued to run fever and it wasn't breaking. She was admitted to Beaumont where she stayed for 2 days on the peds floor.
Well, low and behold, our ped was right. Olivia had a viral infection - well 2 actually and she also had C-diff (an infection of the colon) which you get from antibiotic use. Poor thing had been sick for over a month....2 months if you count the Staph infection. The only treatment required now is daily use of PROBIOTICS and lots of rest!
Olivia's doing pretty well now that she's home!! Hopefully our bout of weird illnesses is over. According to Dr. Antone, she should be almost completely better within a week. I think she's gonna beat his prediction!! LOL!
We still have lots of upcoming appointments (ENT, geneticist, gastro dr, neurologist,and ped for 6 month check up), but we'll take them a day at a time. For now, we have 2 weeks of appointment free living and I am looking forward to that more than anything!!
Oh, I just wanted to add one more thing!!! Even through all of these crazy illnesses, our baby girl has gained almost 2 lbs in 2 months. She was 10 lbs 13 oz last Monday at the peds! GOOOOO Olivia!
Our baby girl has been going through a lot lately. Let me give you a time line:
March 2nd - saw the Gastro dr for the 1st time
March 6th - had an Upper GI
March 12th - seen at the peds and by a surgeon for a lump the size of a prune on her neck.
March 16th - hospitalized for 4 days for the lump and a WBC count of 31. That lump turned out to be Staph Aureus. She had to be on IV antibiotics, then 2 1/2 weeks of oral antibiotics and she saw the Infectious Disease doctor in early April. Olivia was healthy for about a week until...
Spring Break - mid April - saw the ped for her 4 month check up, went to the opthamologist as recommended by the Infectious Disease dr, and saw the neurologist for cognitive and motor delays. Immediately upon getting her shots, Olivia developed a fever and cold/respiratory symptoms which
we were told was a virus.
3rd week in April - had an EEG to rule out infantile seizures, still had cold symptoms and a low grade fever.
The next few weeks and into May - Olivia had a developmental assessment done by EarlyOn and she had an MRI and blood work done (ordered by the neurologist). Throughout all of this, she continued to run fever and it would get up to 102 degrees at night. We saw the dr's (both our ped, in the ER and the after-hour clinic dr's) at least 6 times and eventually Olivia had 2 chest X-rays, received 2 antibiotic shots, and was diagnosed with pneumonia which needed a round of Amoxicillan. Our peds office was still convinced it was all viral since she had clear congestion, a hoarse voice, etc.
May 13th - Olivia woke up from a nap with a 105 degree fever. WOW...can you say...THAT FREAKED ME OUT. I took her into the after-hours clinic and she was diagnosed with an ear infection and was given an antibiotic shot and a RX for Omnicef. We saw the ped the next day who also gave her drops for conjunctivitis. The fever continued, never really going under 101 degrees. Eventually not even Tylenol was breaking it which brings me to Sunday night.
May 17th - On Sunday, Olivia was somewhat lethargic, not eating well, running fever in the evening, and her stomach was extremely bloated. Like I said above, I called Dr. Antone twice and eventually ended up giving her Motrin at 3 a.m. - a one time dose since it's not really recommended in kids under 6 months. We went to the office in the morning and Olivia had a 103.8 degree fever and a WBC of 29. Dr. Antone sent us to Beaumont for a blood culture, CBC and a urine culture. The CBC came back at 24. Dr. Antone then gave Olivia another shot of antibiotics and a RX for Bactrim for a suspected bladder infection and home we went. Later that night, she continued to run fever and it wasn't breaking. She was admitted to Beaumont where she stayed for 2 days on the peds floor.
Well, low and behold, our ped was right. Olivia had a viral infection - well 2 actually and she also had C-diff (an infection of the colon) which you get from antibiotic use. Poor thing had been sick for over a month....2 months if you count the Staph infection. The only treatment required now is daily use of PROBIOTICS and lots of rest!
Olivia's doing pretty well now that she's home!! Hopefully our bout of weird illnesses is over. According to Dr. Antone, she should be almost completely better within a week. I think she's gonna beat his prediction!! LOL!
We still have lots of upcoming appointments (ENT, geneticist, gastro dr, neurologist,and ped for 6 month check up), but we'll take them a day at a time. For now, we have 2 weeks of appointment free living and I am looking forward to that more than anything!!
Oh, I just wanted to add one more thing!!! Even through all of these crazy illnesses, our baby girl has gained almost 2 lbs in 2 months. She was 10 lbs 13 oz last Monday at the peds! GOOOOO Olivia!
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