Doctor Updates!
Alright, well I know many of you have been inquiring into what is going on with Connor's doctor appointments SO sorry for the delay in updates lately and here it is! Connor had his first appointment with the speech therapist last week which then lead to numerous referrals. The first of which will be to an ENT to see what is going on with Connor's sinuses and what effect the acid reflux has had or whether it is an entirely separate issue and is just allergies. He also is going to see a Pediatric GI who will perform a scope to see what is going on with the reflux. We all agree that Connor's pain is not entirely under control which is only contributing to his horrible feeding problems SO they are doubling his dose of Prevacid to see if that will help. If we don't see much improvement, there is another drug (can't remember the name of it at the moment) that they will use periodically along side of the Prevacid and see if that produces better results. They also want him to see an OT who they believe will help him with the texture aversion which is what the speech therapist is suppose to do, but none of us (including the doctor) are thrilled with what she has done so far. God bless her but she's a new graduate and a little over the top. We are praying for a more level headed OT who will actually focus on the texture aversion, but until we can get the referral to her we will continue to see the speech therapist. So basically we will be living at doctor offices for the next couple of months. If by Thanksgiving, when all the tests should be wrapped up and we get the results that there is nothing new we have really discovered, then his pediatrician will do some allergy testing to at least try and relieve those symptoms and see whether or not they are connected to the reflux and re-evaluate his reflux meds if necessary . Wheww, hope all that made sense!
Connor did gain 1 pound in the last 4 weeks which is a HUGE praise!!! He is almost back up to where he was at 12 months, so hopefully he will continue to gain as we get a handle on the reflux.
Please continue to pray for him and for us with patience through all of this. I know he has to be miserable, but it is so frustrating trying to get him to eat!
I finally uploaded our pics from July today, so don't forget to click on the link to your left. Things have been very busy for all of us with Eric handling several projects at work; Becky trying to finish applying to nursing school, preparing to teach preschool, being a leader in her MOPS group, and keeping up with the little guy. Life is certainly never boring around here.
God bless,
Eric, Becky, and Connor
