Thursday, January 7, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
2 Year Checkup
Quentin had his 2 year checkup yesterday and for the most part everything went well. As I suspected he hadn't gained much weight; just over an ounce since we were last there in Oct. Fortunately he was still on the charts at just over the 5% for his age so the doctor wasn't too concerned and we don't have to repeat weight checks every week again.
Both his hemoglobin and ferritin levels were up a little too. We still have to continue with the extra iron drops for him though since it is still on the low side of normal.
On the down side she did find a heart murmur, but seemed very optimistic about it. As she put it to me: on a scale of 0 to 100 I'm only at a 5 for concern. We're going back in in 2 weeks to get a vaccination for him and she's going to listen to see if it's still there at that time. I'm hoping it will correct itself soon and we won't have to worry about it ever again!
On the plus side she told me that Q speaks very clearly for a child his age and that he seems to have an understanding of emotions that is rarely seen at 2 years. He also seems advanced in learning letters, numbers and colors.
Both his hemoglobin and ferritin levels were up a little too. We still have to continue with the extra iron drops for him though since it is still on the low side of normal.
On the down side she did find a heart murmur, but seemed very optimistic about it. As she put it to me: on a scale of 0 to 100 I'm only at a 5 for concern. We're going back in in 2 weeks to get a vaccination for him and she's going to listen to see if it's still there at that time. I'm hoping it will correct itself soon and we won't have to worry about it ever again!
On the plus side she told me that Q speaks very clearly for a child his age and that he seems to have an understanding of emotions that is rarely seen at 2 years. He also seems advanced in learning letters, numbers and colors.
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