He went for his synagis, flu shot, and physical yesterday. I felt so bad for him. I have been in the room with his during a few procedures and seen blood flowing. I even check his blood sugar! Once I seen the needle, I immediately closed my eyes and braced myself. As soon as he flinched I flinched. I held him the entire time!!! He cried and to rebuke from embarrassment I just kept silent. I wanted to cry with him. During his visit the doctor recommended additional specialist to follow Tre`. Oh great. Luckily, he didn’t think anything was wrong but he wanted to see that everything was ok.

He’s putting on weight but he’s still a gnome. He weighed in at a hefty 19.6 pounds and 26 inches long. I think he’ll be an elf for next Halloween. I have to grasp a good chart to see exactly where he stands.

We might have more time before we have to choose between opting in or out of the Nissen Fundoplication surgery. I’m not sure if I can say they we escaped this one or not. With his reflux during his MILK scan showing 30x the doctor originally said that he, meaning Tre`, is ready for a nissen. He met with his colleagues and it was decided that they make altercations on his medications and introduce a new med named Bethanecol. Bethanecol is supposed to help with reflux as well as his floppy airway. I have tried to look into this new med and this is what I found. I'm sure it's used for other things as well.

Bethanecol: A slowly hydrolyzed muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects. Bethanechol is generally used to increase smooth muscle tone, as in the GI tract following abdominal surgery or in urinary retention in the absence of obstruction. It may cause hypotension, cardiac rate changes, and bronchial spasms.

We had an evaluation for his PT, OT, and Speech from EI but we haven’t gotten any word of when and where it shall begin. People keep saying to be patient and that’s what I’m going to do…for now.

He’s having a great day besides this off and on crankiness due to teething and having shots yesterday. I think it’s time for him to wake up from his nap so I gotta run!