Kennedy went for her 4 month "well check-up" appointment on Thursday. She was feeling great and the doctor was very happy with her progress. She was due for 4 shots, and was not happy when the nurse administered them to her. We talked about introducing rice cereal and how much to give her daily. I am excited about the rice cereal so she will not be hungry as often as she is right now.
She weighed 12 lbs 3.4 ounces and was 25 inches long. We just can't believe how big she is getting. It wasn't that long ago when I was holding a 4 1/2 pound baby in my arms! Her cheeks keep getting bigger and her legs are getting rolls on them....it is so cute!
Dr. Weneck did say that he wants to get an MRI done to check the status of the small teratoma that she still "supposedly" has. We also need to see a cardiologist to check the circulation in her legs. Her little feet are always cold and have a purple tint to them. Sometimes they are a dark tint of purple and other times they will be pink. So hopefully everything will be okay, but we need to cover our tracks and make sure that everything is working properly.
Kennedy slept through the night for the first time Thursday night! However, when we woke up Friday morning, I knew that something was wrong with Kennedy. She was extremely congested and had very glassy eyes. During her morning bottle, she ended up vomiting and then choking on her vomit because she could not breathe through her nose. We immediately called the doctor and he said to come in. They took her blood and the results showed an infection. He wrote out a prescription for her to start on, and said to come in Saturday morning for a follow-up.
We started her on the meds and she slept most of Friday evening. We let her sleep as much as she wanted so she could heal her body. I woke her up for her medication and to feed her before we went to bed, and she had no problems going back to sleep in her bassinet for the night. Starting to feel better.....she woke up for her usual 5:00 a.m. bottle! :)
Her blood was tested Saturday morning and it showed that her white blood cell count was going down, and that the medication was helping her. We are supposed to go back in 10 days to make sure the infection is gone. She is smiling again, and back to being her adorable self! Dr. Weneck thinks that she was fighting off the infection prior to the shots on Thursday...but the shots made her vulnerable for the infection to take over.
We will keep you posted on Kennedy! She is feeling a whole lot better and is almost back to normal.
Update on Larry:
He is feeling better since he finished his medication for Cat Scratch Fever. He still suffers from a 101 temperature at night, and wakes up soaked from night sweats. I keep telling him to get it checked out in case it is related to the Cat Scratch Fever...but he keeps blowing it off.
He started having extreme pain in his neck Thursday night and he went to see a Chiropractor on Friday. They took some xrays and found that his neck is straight rather than having a natural curve in it. He was put on a therapy plan for rehabilitation to get his neck back to normal. Already, he has gone from not being able to move his neck at all...to having enough range of motion to drive. He is still having some pain, but nothing near what he felt Thursday and Friday. So the Chiropractor has done wonders for him!
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She does have some chubby cheeks. Larry showed me a picture Saturday night. She is such a cutie.
I am continuing to keep you all in my prayers.
Remember that infection raises AFPs so if she has any draws soon the numbers may be higher.
She sure looks like her Daddy!
I also wanted to ask if you want the BPA free dr. browns? They make those now & wasn't sure if you'd prefer that. I just switched my son to all BPA free.
Jade
Hmm...BPA free...I don't currently have anything BPA free so I guess it wouldn't matter. Ha, ha. She isn't due to have her blood drawn for another month or so. Will her AFP still be elevated then?
It very well may be elevated still. Sometimes it takes a while to come down. Kate's weren't "normal" until she was two, but that was the extreme case. If they're a little high in a month, I wouldn't panic. I wouldn't expect them to be terribly high, but you can always request another draw two weeks after to make sure they're declining for your own peace of mind.
I thought you might like BPA free just because of the "toxins" or something... I know kids have gone generations on them with being fine but I thought I'd ask anyway. They have the choice of glass or bpa free plastic. Preference on those??? And, do you prefer wide neck of 'regular' necked bottles?
Jade you are so funny. I just have the plain, regular necked, plastic--toxic containing bottles...lol.
LOL okay I'll buy the regular necked regular plastic dr. browns! LOL
I also have a ton of avent bottles, I mean A TON. If you want those I can send, you can just buy new nipples if you want, unless you don't mind using Jake's. He's a healthy baby! I would have never done that with Katelyn, but she was my first. By the time I had Jake I didn't bother boiling the pacifier straight out of the package. I must have sterilized Kate's stuff about 500 times before she was born and another 200 before she came home from the NICU. Anyway, the avent worked really well for Jake, he never had a problem with gas. Let me know what you think! Also, you can email me at jade.summer.sanford@gmail.com if you want to talk that way!
Give Kennedy hugs from us.
Jade
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