Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Back from the doctor's

Ok, we'll do the fun stuff first- Cadie has grown! Oh boy has she grown! She's now 9 lbs, 11.2 ounces and 20 1/8 inches long! That's over a pound in weight gain. The doctor seemed really impressed. We talked about Cadie's inconsistent feedings. She'll eat anywhere from an ounce to 5 ounces in one feeding. She'd gone an hour to 6 hours between them. The doctor wants us to feed on demand (when she wants it, no need to wake her to feed her) but to go no less than 3 hours between. Is she wants to go longer, than we should let her.

And now the not-so-fun part. Cadie scored a 71.9 on her cystic fibrosis test. Anything below 58 is considered normal. Doctor said that most CF cases he sees the children score above 100, sometimes in the 200 range. So while it's looking ok, we still have reason to worry. We had the test redone yesterday after our appointment and it should be 2-3 weeks until we find anything out on it. If she scores above a 50 this time, then we'll be sent to a CF specialist in either St. Louis, Louisville, or Nashville. Since Tom's mom dealt with Vandy through her pulmonary fibrosis, that's probably where we'd go. Heck, we already know so many of the doctors in that department.

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