Nine Month Update

So we went and had a double-header appointment today. Sophia has her nine month appointment and a cardiology appointment. So for her nine month appointment she did very well! It didn't appear that she lost weight because she has been sick. I told Dr. Penman that the little voice in the back of my head told me that she had RSV and he told me that the way she sounded today, he thought the same thing. He wants me to keep and eye on her to make sure that she doesn't get any worse.

So, I hardly vent about my experiences at the pediatricians office...well, actually I don't think I have ever complained about the pediatricians office, but I do have one today. I was a little late getting to the appointment today and when I came in the room, the nurse (now I should have know better because it wasn't Leah, who knows not only Sophia super well, but she has been our nurse since Gabi was a baby) was getting ready to get a hemoglobin level from Sophia. Apparently this is something that they do at nine months. She tells me that they are going to prick her heel and draw blood. Well after spending four weeks in Seattle after her birth and a week in November, I know that Sophia's blood, as all heart babies, draws very slowly. So, I tell the nurse this. She then tells me that she won't have a problem because Sophia's capillary refill was good. Plus she only needed a little drop and it sucks it right up so it won't take that long. So she pricks Fia's foot and what happens? You guessed it, blood wasn't coming! She had to press on Fia's foot to get the blood out. Fortunately, Fia is used to it and it didn't bother her much. Besides this Fia is doing great. She is 50% in everything, height, weight and head circumference. I was a little bummed she didn't get any vaccines this month, because I was hoping she would and they would give her Tylenol for her echo that was scheduled right after this appointment.

So we visited Dr. Wellmann and she was pretty tired, so we figured she would go to sleep...that didn't work. We didn't even get her blood pressure drawn without her crying. I got her to sleep twice in the echo room, but once I laid her down she woke up and started crying again. I don't know how to thank Dr. Wellman because he is SOOOOO patient and gives us all the time we need. So I laid her on my lap and she did the echo on my lap. She did pretty well, cried a little bit, but we were able to calm her down pretty quickly. So of course I feel like I have a 500 pound elephant on my chest because I am waiting to hear when we are going to Seattle. So the last time we were there the pressure between Fia's arm/leg pressure and her heart pressure was 42, today it was 24! It was not only puzzling to me and Jason, but also to Dr. Wellman. He said he doesn't trust her or the numbers, so he is going to have us come back in two months. He was also confused as to why the number was higher with blood pressure medication then it was without any medication. She was on Captopril the last time and the only "medication" she is on now is aspirin. Fia is starting to get crawling down...she does it on 3.5 legs, but it gets her where she wants to go!

Here are some recent pictures of the girls and if you look at the one with Fia's mouth open you will notice the she has two new teeth. They aren't the top middle...they are the one's on either side of the middle!