We headed to Children's Medicine yesterday for our first checkup and we were in for a suprise. Dr. Jan Fitzgerald-Soapes is the doctor there and she is wonderful (see picture). Dr. Jan was my family's pediatrician (also my mom's BFF) and is the doctor for my sister's three kids as well. We saw that Cayce was there with Bennett (strep) and it was kinda sad that we couldn't hug or kiss them...but we waved and Bennett seemed to perk up a bit when he saw we three there. We had him measured again (still 21.5" even though his cone head is a bit better) and he weighed 6 lbs 13 oz...which raised some eyebrows. Apparently that is a bit more weight loss than the 10% max that is expected. He has also been very lethargic and was sleeping almost non-stop. It was very hard to wake him to feed...and especially when breastfeeding he would fall asleep almost as soon as he started. Erin was frustrated as she felt like this was her fault...but everyone has been great and told us that little boys find it harder to figure things out than do girls (no big surprise to most of you females out there). The real issue was that he wasn't peeing or pooping like he should.......which meant that he was dehydrated. He also was getting a bit more yellow, which means jaundice....which is likely due to the fact that he was not excreting the things that he was supposed to be getting out. All this to say that Dr. Jan sent us to Eggleston to get him checked out.
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