We were back up at UK bright and early this morning for a couple of appointments for our boy. Athan was seen by Ronda in NICU clinic. She is the physical therapist, and she squeezed us in so she could do the evaluation we needed to qualify for First Steps. She'll get her report to the First Steps folks, and we'll be hearing from them about what we do next.
We also were seen by cardiology. As we found out last time, Athan will have heart surgery sometime between 6 mo. and 1 year old. The hospital is hiring a new surgeon right now, and our cardiologist (Dr. K) says he is a great surgeon with over 20 years of experience. Once the hiring process is complete, we will meet with the new surgeon and get more details about the specifics of the surgery. Dr. K also added a new med today - one that will cut down on the amount of leakage in one of Athan's heart valves.
The most immediate concern about Athan right now is his rate of weight gain. He is gaining, which is good! He is just hovering a bit below the rate of weight gain they would like to see. We discussed several options, and we are going to try several ways to get our kiddo more calories while keeping him from burning to many calories unnecessarily (new heart meds should help, bottles with fortified breast milk, increased frequency of feedings, etc). We just have to keep playing with the options and find what works best for Athan. Would you pray with us for Athan to start packing on pounds?
Big thanks to Adam and the Herons for taking care of Morgan today. It is such a big help to us all! :-) I think Morgan only bullied Margo a little this time.
We also were seen by cardiology. As we found out last time, Athan will have heart surgery sometime between 6 mo. and 1 year old. The hospital is hiring a new surgeon right now, and our cardiologist (Dr. K) says he is a great surgeon with over 20 years of experience. Once the hiring process is complete, we will meet with the new surgeon and get more details about the specifics of the surgery. Dr. K also added a new med today - one that will cut down on the amount of leakage in one of Athan's heart valves.
The most immediate concern about Athan right now is his rate of weight gain. He is gaining, which is good! He is just hovering a bit below the rate of weight gain they would like to see. We discussed several options, and we are going to try several ways to get our kiddo more calories while keeping him from burning to many calories unnecessarily (new heart meds should help, bottles with fortified breast milk, increased frequency of feedings, etc). We just have to keep playing with the options and find what works best for Athan. Would you pray with us for Athan to start packing on pounds?
Big thanks to Adam and the Herons for taking care of Morgan today. It is such a big help to us all! :-) I think Morgan only bullied Margo a little this time.
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