Rebecca has recovered well from her eye surgery, and was off the ventilator in just one day, much to our relief. Her follow-up eye exam was yesterday, and apparently her eyes look the way they’re supposed to. She’ll have another follow-up in a week or two, and hopefully she’ll be doing just great.
The really great news is that it looks it may have finally been figured out why she hasn’t been growing properly and what to do about it. A pediatric gastroenterologist from Primary Children’s was consulted and he said that he had seen a few children over the years who had an overgrowth of the good bacteria in their intestines. The bacteria can form such a mass that the body can’t cope with the food coming through, and the body just dumps the food without absorbing it. Rebecca’s stools haven’t looked normal, but the doctors had thought that it was just from her jaundice problem.
So a few days ago, Rebecca was started on a different kind of antibiotic, and we waited and watched to see if her stools would change. And they did! And she’s been putting on weight! It’s a bit too soon to tell, but we’re hoping that she’s on the road to growing normally. And for the past two days, for the first time in her young life, she has actually weighed more than three pounds! She had been pretty fussy the previous couple of weeks, and we’re wondering if she just didn’t feel good from not having the nutrition she needed.
She was 40 weeks on Thursday, and three months old on Friday. This has been a good way to celebrate her due date! She also has seemed a lot more content the past few days.
Anyway…thanks to everyone for their love and help and prayers. It has truly made a difference for us.
Love, Jane Tomlinson
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