Karson Update

We had a great trip to FL the past 11 days and returned home on the 17th. Just in time to get back into the busy life that I have with my kiddos... Karson was still sick with his cough while we were gone so he was back at the doctor on Tuesday. He was already set to see his GI dr and then saw his lung dr. The findings weren't so great.

At his GI apt we learned that he has not gained weight in the past 2 months. This is not good. It all goes back to what he won't eat on a daily basis and that despite the fact that I keep trying new food with him, he won't do much more than fries and fruit. No bread, no chicken nuggets, no stage 3 foods. So Dr. Barrios is not happy about this. He wants to repeat his upper GI with a swallow study before he returns in 4 weeks. He also wants me to limit his formula intake to no more than 24 ounces a day. One of his meds was increased a little to help his stomach digestion. He also said that if we hadn't already started food therapy that he would suggest that. So my goal in the next 4 weeks is to get Karson to try new foods and to get him to gain some weight. He still cannot do dairy or eggs.

At the lung dr she decided to give him an antibiotic because he has been sick so long. She said she heard some noise in his upper right lung but nothing she was concerned enough about to get an X-ray. I have to up his dose on his regular inhalers to two puffs two times a day and then still give him his rescue inhaler as long as he is coughing. He also has a snotty nose and is cutting two teeth.

So Karson is not the happiest baby on the block and neither is his mommy! The good news is that he will get the shot to help safe guard him against RSV. Last year he got the shots and still got RSV but his lung dr said it would have been worse if he hadn't gotten the shot.

I hope and pray for a better winter.