Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Emergency Room!
Turned out to be nothing. Tommy fell, banged up his foot and I took him in (Daddy stayed with Mia) to get some xrays just in case. He wasn't bearing any weight on it at first. He was a trooper in the ER - a little freaked by the xray machine, but good. And they got us out of there quickly - under two hours. So, it's just bruiced and they gave us this setup to try to help it heal (but it hasn't been on him since he woke up from his nap that day). He's still limping, but better.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Doctors, Doctors, Doctors
First of all, thank goodness everything we've gone to the doctors first is minor. But I still feel like we're getting to know them all on a first name basis.
I'll start with M. She had her 4-month well-baby checkup this week. She's great. 14 lbs 10 oz (50-75th percentile) and 26 inches (90th percentile). She's 4 pounds less than her brother at this age. She's developmentally great and can start cereal whenever I want her to - which will probably be next week.
Then, there's T. Boy, does that child like his medicine. On top of his allergies, he got a cold, with a lowgrade temp for a couple of days. I took him back to the doctor today because he was messing with his ears. But, no ear infection, thank goodness. Just more allergy meds.
My back's been killing me since I was pregnant with M (well, before that, but definitely since last spring). I finally went to my primary care about it and she sent me for an MRI, put me on a muscle relaxer, and sent me for physical therapy. The MRI results came back normal today. Well, there are signs of "early degenerative arthritis of the spine." That's going to suck in 20-30 years, but there's not much I can do about it now. The PT gave me some exercises to do and I'm going back twice a week for the next two weeks.
While I was at it, I had another CAT Scan of my sinuses. Also clear. I'm following up with an ENT in June, which was the earliest I could get an appointment (which is silly, but that's another post).
Tom had a physical too. We're waiting on the bloodwork results.
Pictures soon to come - Mia's christening is this weekend - lots of grandparents in town!
I'll start with M. She had her 4-month well-baby checkup this week. She's great. 14 lbs 10 oz (50-75th percentile) and 26 inches (90th percentile). She's 4 pounds less than her brother at this age. She's developmentally great and can start cereal whenever I want her to - which will probably be next week.
Then, there's T. Boy, does that child like his medicine. On top of his allergies, he got a cold, with a lowgrade temp for a couple of days. I took him back to the doctor today because he was messing with his ears. But, no ear infection, thank goodness. Just more allergy meds.
My back's been killing me since I was pregnant with M (well, before that, but definitely since last spring). I finally went to my primary care about it and she sent me for an MRI, put me on a muscle relaxer, and sent me for physical therapy. The MRI results came back normal today. Well, there are signs of "early degenerative arthritis of the spine." That's going to suck in 20-30 years, but there's not much I can do about it now. The PT gave me some exercises to do and I'm going back twice a week for the next two weeks.
While I was at it, I had another CAT Scan of my sinuses. Also clear. I'm following up with an ENT in June, which was the earliest I could get an appointment (which is silly, but that's another post).
Tom had a physical too. We're waiting on the bloodwork results.
Pictures soon to come - Mia's christening is this weekend - lots of grandparents in town!
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