Brody's first tooth broke the gum yesterday. He has been doing so well and not fussy at all about it :) Not sure if I added yesterday but Brody is now 34 inches long and 16 pounds.... WOW!
Gracie is now talking saying the DA sounds. She sounds so sweet. We are loving it!
Madi is cruising the furniture and crawling around like crazy!
Krista
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Neurology, I think I LOVE you
I think we got some of the BEST news regarding Brody yesterday. We finally had our very long awaited appointment for Neurology to follow up on his grade III brain bleeds.
First of all, it is a good thing that Brody had grade II bleeds that developed into grade III instead of having a grade III from the beginning. It was also a wonderful sign that when they did the lumbar punctures (spinal tap) way back when in the NICU, that he responded so well and so much fluid drained.
Second, it is wonderful that Brody has really started to develop and make a lot of progress the past couple of months with feeding, getting stronger, moving more, interacting more, etc.
Third, the BEST thing regarding Neurology that Brody has done recently is starting to talk. Since he is already saying the syllable DA.
Basically, there is no way to know what white part of the brain was not getting the correct amount of blood flow during the bleeds so there is no real way of knowing what damage there is to that part. There is no way of knowing what his future will be as far as he will have problems with X because he could have no issues at all or he could have issues with learning.
They are so excited that he is speaking because the language part of his development will determine a lot for him.
They also think he should be sitting up even if we correct his age to 8 months instead of 11 and we should continue to really work on that.
We would hope to close the gap between 3-6 years old regarding being behind developmentally because of prematurity.
We will be going back in 6 months for a follow up.
We will need to have his head measured every single month until he is 12 years old because if something changes, his head circumference will be one of the first indicators. The Pedi will do this.
Regarding his eyes shaking- they really think this is due to his sight and not the bleed. I have thought the same thing and since our Opthamologist does not agree, I will be looking for a second opinion about the eyes.
We are so happy about this and so encouraged! We have been so lucky our children are doing so well given how premature they were and all the battles they fought in the beginning.
All glory to God!
They are 11 months old today!
Krista
First of all, it is a good thing that Brody had grade II bleeds that developed into grade III instead of having a grade III from the beginning. It was also a wonderful sign that when they did the lumbar punctures (spinal tap) way back when in the NICU, that he responded so well and so much fluid drained.
Second, it is wonderful that Brody has really started to develop and make a lot of progress the past couple of months with feeding, getting stronger, moving more, interacting more, etc.
Third, the BEST thing regarding Neurology that Brody has done recently is starting to talk. Since he is already saying the syllable DA.
Basically, there is no way to know what white part of the brain was not getting the correct amount of blood flow during the bleeds so there is no real way of knowing what damage there is to that part. There is no way of knowing what his future will be as far as he will have problems with X because he could have no issues at all or he could have issues with learning.
They are so excited that he is speaking because the language part of his development will determine a lot for him.
They also think he should be sitting up even if we correct his age to 8 months instead of 11 and we should continue to really work on that.
We would hope to close the gap between 3-6 years old regarding being behind developmentally because of prematurity.
We will be going back in 6 months for a follow up.
We will need to have his head measured every single month until he is 12 years old because if something changes, his head circumference will be one of the first indicators. The Pedi will do this.
Regarding his eyes shaking- they really think this is due to his sight and not the bleed. I have thought the same thing and since our Opthamologist does not agree, I will be looking for a second opinion about the eyes.
We are so happy about this and so encouraged! We have been so lucky our children are doing so well given how premature they were and all the battles they fought in the beginning.
All glory to God!
They are 11 months old today!
Krista
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