Today we had two appointments, Nephrology & Optomology.
First up was the Nephrologist (Kidney Doctor) first off they weighed cute little BrinBoo she was now 12 lbs 6oz. Then then put a urine bag on her so they could test her calcium levels again.. they then examined her and tried getting her blood pressure, it never works out. She was really well behaved and extremely happy. She was jabbering it up. When the doctor was looking her over, she says, she is hard of hearing, is that right? I responded yes, she is. the Dr then said wow, I'm surprised at how vocial she is then, most the time they are really quiet. I really hope that Brin never stops her jabbering! I love her being so vocal, it makes me so happy! So, her urine came back looking so much better than the last time, she still did have some calcium crystals in her urine, but not as much as the previous time. She said that if Brin does start crying out and acting in pain that she could be passing stones. :( but to call. But as of now they weren't going to do a ultrasound or any bloodwork since she has been happy and her urine was better than before. So hopefully that means things are looking up in this area! Let's keep improving girl!
First up was the Nephrologist (Kidney Doctor) first off they weighed cute little BrinBoo she was now 12 lbs 6oz. Then then put a urine bag on her so they could test her calcium levels again.. they then examined her and tried getting her blood pressure, it never works out. She was really well behaved and extremely happy. She was jabbering it up. When the doctor was looking her over, she says, she is hard of hearing, is that right? I responded yes, she is. the Dr then said wow, I'm surprised at how vocial she is then, most the time they are really quiet. I really hope that Brin never stops her jabbering! I love her being so vocal, it makes me so happy! So, her urine came back looking so much better than the last time, she still did have some calcium crystals in her urine, but not as much as the previous time. She said that if Brin does start crying out and acting in pain that she could be passing stones. :( but to call. But as of now they weren't going to do a ultrasound or any bloodwork since she has been happy and her urine was better than before. So hopefully that means things are looking up in this area! Let's keep improving girl!
Next up the Eye Doctor...Off we rushed from one appt to the next. First off they see if she will follow these black and white pictures around. Well at this point Brinleigh is hungry and tired, and didn't want to be cooperate. I know that she will follow things but she wasn't doing it for them. So next they decide they will dialate her eyes (hate this) So they put the drops in her eyes and off we went to wait. So I was able to sneak in a feeding and she zonked right out!! Which actually made the rest of the appointment a sinch. The doctor comes in and says that one of the things they have to watch for with babies that have ROP and laser surgery is that they can't see things close up, so that's one of the things they will be looking for. Along with other things of course.
So he pry's open her little eyes and takes a looky... YAY - No need for glasses at this point! He said that everything looks good! She's not far/near sided, her retina is attached and all posterior pole structures are perfectly normal! The size of her optic nerves are perfectly normal in appearance. And she fixes on things and follows them, and her eyes are in good alignment. Oh yay, what a relief! We will again have a follow up appointment to make sure they keep developing in the right direction and nothing changes.
So overall these appointments were a success and had good news!!
Urine showing some improvement!
Eyes lookin' good!
Brinleigh did soo good, with having a morning filled with appointments! We got home and had a little photoshoot, her faces cracked me up!!! She's full of it! :)
HAHA, these make me laugh!!
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