Awwww!This afternoon, while changing Ian's diaper, Jon noticed a blister behind baby's knee on his right leg. It looks painful but doesn't seem to bother him that badly. I called the pediatrician, but they said he needed to be examined, so they sent us to the hospital (it was after hours).
When we got to the ER at Mercy, the doc said he wanted to check with Ian's primary care doc before he stuck a needle into it (um, good idea there, dude). He called our doc but couldn't get ahold of him, so he spoke to one of the other pediatricians at our practice, who said to start Ian on some antibiotics and use a warm compress on it for a couple of days, and see how that goes.
So we are doing that, and will be seeing the pediatrician on Wednesday. The ER doc didn't think it was anything serious, so we're not too terribly worried (just a little worry, because we're parents and that's what we do).
When we got to the ER at Mercy, the doc said he wanted to check with Ian's primary care doc before he stuck a needle into it (um, good idea there, dude). He called our doc but couldn't get ahold of him, so he spoke to one of the other pediatricians at our practice, who said to start Ian on some antibiotics and use a warm compress on it for a couple of days, and see how that goes.
So we are doing that, and will be seeing the pediatrician on Wednesday. The ER doc didn't think it was anything serious, so we're not too terribly worried (just a little worry, because we're parents and that's what we do).
A little more worrying is Ian's feeding issues. We think he might have GER, also known as reflux, which is like acid reflux in adults. He used to eat 2 oz every 2-3 hours and we thought THAT was tiring (ha!). Now, if we're lucky, he eats 1/2 an ounce every hour. He's down .3 oz from when he was weighed at the pediatrician on 12/27 (they weighed him today at the hospital) so that is a little troubling to me. I am still pumping exclusively and feeding him in bottles. The way he is feeding sounds a lot like GER from what we've read, so I am going to bring that up to the pediatrician on Wednesday also.
Anyway, he's doing ok - better than me, anyway. I'm still pretty tired. I'm hoping to make it in to Chimes on Wednesday after our dr's appt so that he can visit with everyone there. It will be a big outing for me, but hopefully I can pull it off. Maybe I can catch a nap while he's being passed around.
Here's some new pictures of our beautiful boy, including his 2 week footie picture:
1 comment:
OOOHHHH I hope the blister heals quickly! I'm sorry to hear about the potential GER. I'm not sure what can be done about that, but then again - I'm not a doctor! ;) The pictures are absolutely adorable and those wittle feet! OH! SO CUTE!
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