Wednesday, March 18, 2009

He's a growing boy!

Last week, when the home health nurse dropped in, he was 9 lbs 10 oz. Today he was 10 lbs 9 oz. Not bad, eh? The nurse also took some blood today because they're still trying to solve the sodium mystery. She ran the specimen over to the lab at Children's and they ran the BMP ASAP (Basic Metabolic Panel). When waiting for lab results, I figure no news is good news. But his doctor called back with the results just after dinner. Good news--the sodium is still normal. Not so good news--the calcium and bicarb are well outside the normal ranges. And Aaron didn't have time to explain the implications of that before he had to rush off to Scouts tonight. The doc wants to take more blood tomorrow to rerun the BMP. We'll already be in for a Neuro visit, so why not throw in a blood draw, too?

4 comments:

The Easton Family said...

Love the see the updates! Sorry I couldn't be there for his blessing last Sunday, I heard it was nice. We'll keep him and his blood :) in our prayers...he's sure a good looking boy!

Karey said...

He is soooo cute! And a pound a week? He's really packing it on :)

Karey said...

Hey Monette! Just saw your comment. Matt & Kim are getting married on May 9th in DC. Comin' right up :)

Phillips Clan said...

So glad you had a nice week! Prayers still going your way.
So glad we were able to be there for his blessing, it was a beautiful blessing.

Hugs, Roxane & Randy