Another Day of Doctors

Well, it was another day of doctor visits for the Cornehl boys! We had a post-op follow up visit for Weston at the pediatrician in the morning and a check up at the pulmonologist for Jackson in the afternoon.

First off, at Weston's visit, he weighed in at 12lbs, 15.5 ounces!!! That is almost 13 pounds people - that is crazy!!! Jackson was 13lbs, 3oz at two months - not 6 weeks. What a blessing that Weston is growing so much considering all he has gone through in his short life. Weston's incision looks great and he is healing nicely. Because Weston's reflux is still causing a lot of discomfort and TONS of spit up at home, we took the chance to talk to Dr. Smart about it at our follow-up. She gave us a few more things to do to try and help with the problem, we are now thickening the breast milk (same thing we did for Jackson's aspiration) on bad reflux days to help keep some of it down. Also, we are giving him gas drops at every meal to try and help. I am researching some different types of reflux wedges for Weston to sleep and rest on to try and help ease his discomfort. He is most uncomfortable when he lays flat and most comfortable when he is in the upright position. Hopefully his reflux will get better with time, but if not, we will cross that bridge with the same vengeance we have with everything else!

Jackson's visit with Dr. Mandujano, his pulmonologist, also went great! He is now 35 pounds and just under 3 feet tall. What a big boy! Because Jackson has been doing so well, we are going to get to cut back on Jackson's daily asthma medication starting the beginning of June. Also, we are taking him off of his prevacid with hopes that Jackson's reflux is now under control. We will have to watch for signs of discomfort (regurgitation, coughing, wheezing, etc.), but hopefully this is it. We are down to TWO medications a day - can you believe it? We remember when we were excited about 6!

We are so happy that we have such wonderful medical care for both of our boys. These doctors feel like an extension of our family now and it is such a blessing that we feel so comfortable with all of them!