Karson Update

Karson turned 1 on August 5th! What a year he has had. We hope things will look up for him in his 2nd year of life.

He saw his lung dr about two weeks ago and she is happy with how he has done over the summer. She has not changed any of his meds and hopes he does well with fall coming. She did say that if he does get sick that she will want to see what virus it is. We go back in 4-6 weeks.

Karson saw Dr Tucker on Monday for his one year check up. He weighs 20 pounds 7 ounces - 20%tile. His length is 30.5" -75%tile. His head is 48.5 cm - 90%tile. All my kids have big heads... We discussed Karson's eating and how he does not like foods with much texture. He has just started eating a whole puff without me having to break it apart. He doesn't like many of the stage 3 foods and is still on neocate. Dr Tucker suggested we contact Child Find/Denver Options to set up an evaluation. He might need OT for his food issues and this should help with his speech. They are backed up at Child Find so I have to wait for them to call me to set up an appointment and then hope we get in in the next few months. Other than those issues, Dr Tucker thinks he is doing great. However if he is not off the neocate by 15 months he wants him to see an algerist.

Karson had tubes put in his ears a week ago Monday after 7 ear infections in one year. He did pretty good but has had some blood draining from his left ear. We follow up next week with his ENT rather than 4-6 weeks. We will still see her and get his hearing checked in 4-6 weeks.

We follow up with Dr. Barrios on the 17th to see about trying a new formula again with Karson. He does not want Karson having milk until we can get him off the neocate and see how he does. The last time we tried it increased his spitting up by a lot.

So that is what is new with Karson. He is not walking yet but can get around fast on all fours. He also pulls himself up on everything.