So today didn't exactly go as expected. It was supposed to be another quiet day at home, laundry day. Patrick woke up about an hour later than usual--good for me; I got all that extra sleep. Then while he was eating, my phone rang. He was scheduled for an appointment with a specialist to determine if he can be off his apnea monitor in April. His pediatrician really wanted him to go in earlier than that. The call was from the specialist saying they'd had a cancellation and asking if we wanted to take an appointment today. Of course I didn't even hesitate to accept. Matt and I have suspected for weeks that he shouldn't be on the monitor anymore.
The trip itself was quite frustrating, with Patrick screaming as I got lost in the construction maze of the Medical Center. He screamed enough that he made his monitor go off, the setting for too high a heartrate. It seemed like everything was happening at once, and I had to force myself not to panic. We still made it there a few minutes early, though. Thank goodness.
The appointment was relatively uneventful. They weighed him and got vital stats (9 lbs 6.6 oz; 21 1/4 inches still). Then the doctor saw him. He said from what he could tell, Patrick is fine, a perfectly healthy baby. In his personal opinion, Patrick doesn't need the monitor any longer. He hesitates to advise us to take him off it yet, though. He is waiting on information stored in the monitor to be evaluated to determine if he has had any true attacks in the past eight weeks. Once he has gone eight weeks without an attack, the monitor is gone. We should hopefully know by this weekend, Monday at the latest. Stay tuned for an update as soon as we know something!
By the way, after all that fussiness on the way to the doctor and while he was getting weighed, he managed to find his happy baby personality long enough to smile at the doctor. I think he just likes new people.
The trip itself was quite frustrating, with Patrick screaming as I got lost in the construction maze of the Medical Center. He screamed enough that he made his monitor go off, the setting for too high a heartrate. It seemed like everything was happening at once, and I had to force myself not to panic. We still made it there a few minutes early, though. Thank goodness.
The appointment was relatively uneventful. They weighed him and got vital stats (9 lbs 6.6 oz; 21 1/4 inches still). Then the doctor saw him. He said from what he could tell, Patrick is fine, a perfectly healthy baby. In his personal opinion, Patrick doesn't need the monitor any longer. He hesitates to advise us to take him off it yet, though. He is waiting on information stored in the monitor to be evaluated to determine if he has had any true attacks in the past eight weeks. Once he has gone eight weeks without an attack, the monitor is gone. We should hopefully know by this weekend, Monday at the latest. Stay tuned for an update as soon as we know something!
By the way, after all that fussiness on the way to the doctor and while he was getting weighed, he managed to find his happy baby personality long enough to smile at the doctor. I think he just likes new people.
Labels: Frustration, Special Events/Outings
2 Comments:
That is wonderful news!!! Kathy you are doing a great job taking care of Patrick, I can see in the pictures how happy and healthy he is. Gary and I wil say a prayer that all is well and you get great news soon on the moniter. Love you guys, Tricia.
Yeah!!! That is exciting. Let me know what you find out!
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