Xavir's First Doctor's Appointment
Hello to everyone.
Today, after being a complete night owl, Xavier met with his pediatrician today. Actually, his pediatrician is on vacation, so he met his temporary pediatrician. The experience was a good one, at least for us parents. The sense both Rebecca and I carried away is we chose correctly.
After that, we returned home. I fed Xavier while Rebecca hit the sheets and slept three hours. I puttered around the house.
Later in the afternoon, the pediatrician called us. She had finally gotten all of Xavier's medical details from the NICU (it was held up because the attending doctor at the NICU did not like the original records; he thought they lacked much detail so he added it). She called to let us know a few things. In general, she thinks Xavier is doing well. She mentioned some of the things we discussed this morning and commentated on them in light of the released medical reports.
She did mention two things. One, she wanted us to make another appointment this week to keep following Xavier's liver issue. Very pragmatic, she said, "I can see the doctors there [at University Hospital] scratching their heads over this problem. He's a very complicated little man." She reminded us of the possibility of surgery (sooner than later) if they determine his gall bladder ducts are occluded. So, we return on Thursday for more blood draws.
She also cautioned us with "Even though he is out of the hospital, he is still fragile."
We fired up Xavier's wheels this evening, snapped on his no-see-um netting and strolled around the local park. Rebecca and I debated a while about the stroll, especially in light of the earlier discussion with the pediatrician. But, we decided that avoiding crowds is OK for now, but we don't want to raise a Martian (think H G Wells).
Rebecca said there aren't enough pictures of me on the blog and wanted to post this one.
Rebecca likes this photo. She says I look like a proud dad.
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