We're back.
Katherine has a severe cold, but he wants me to follow up with him in a day or two over the phone to see if she is any better. He thought she sounded a little croupy but he wants to give it a day or two to be sure. She had a fever of 101.9 though while we were there. Yikes.
Julia weighed 19 lbs, 9 oz, which was exactly what she weighed last time. He was a little concerned about that. She grew 3/4 of an inch. He did a quick overview of her muscle tone and did agree, well, that there really wasn't much, if any. As I suspected he would, she has been referred to a developmental pediatrician. With the weight gain becoming an issue (again...it was an issue in her first 6 months and I had to take her for weight checks)and the low muscle tone, he thinks she should be evaluated by a specialist. Her name is Dr. Jo-Ann Bier and she is on staff at Children's Hospital In Boston. Her office is in Brockton, at Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center. Basically, Julia's pediatrician described developmental pediatrics as a combination between neurology and pediatrics. I should be hearing from Dr. Bier's office sometime within the next week or two to schedule an appointment. Other than that, Julia is doing well. She had the worst time EVER with her shots...and was kicking and struggling the whole time to get away. When we left the office she was still sobbing. Immunizations are just the worst part (for baby and Mommy, I think!).
Poor Julia!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds promising, seeing that pediatric specialist. She may get there eventually regardless, but that whole muscle tone thing seems strange.
Sort of opposite of Sadie. Both Deb and I have a freakish ability to develop muscle as soon as we do anything resembling exercise, and to lose it slowly. Seems to run in her family.
Sadie seems to have that sort of muscularity.