Lorelei Update

I just wanted to let all of you know that today we went to Lorelei's GI doctor for a check up. Lorelei is doing great developmentally, she is happy and very healthy! We are so blessed by God because of this! However, there are some concerns her doctors have about her rate of growth. I knew going today that they would probably not be pleased because she has gained less than a pound and has only grown less than 1/4 of an inch in the past 3 months. However, I was a little surprised when her doctor walked in with cans of Neocate! If you don't know what that is, it is this horrible formula that costs a ton of money, that Lorelei was on for the first year of her life. We thought we were so past the making and mixing of formula days. They said she is not drinking enough whole milk (less than 5 oz a day) and that she needs to grow more. I hate that we have to try this stuff again. I gave her a little of another kind of formula (similar to Neocate that they gave me), for lunch today and she literally cried after tasting a sip. It was probably awful!

Anyway, we have to try it and she also wants us to go back to her Occupational Therapist to see if they can do anything to encourage her to drink and eat more. And the last threat the doctor made was that if she had not grown again when we come back in three months then "she will have bought herself a scope." Which means they will put her in the hospital for an endoscopy, a procedure where they put her to sleep and scope out her insides. This also usually includes a biopsy of the stomach. Needless to say we really don't want to do this because we felt we were past it all! It is very frustrating for me, because I feel like we are taking ten steps back. We see her pediatrician in a couple of weeks so I am going to get her opinion of this and see what she says about her growth and what we should do. She tends to be more laid back then most of Lorelei's other doctors. Please pray for Lorelei, that she will EAT and DRINK so she can GROW!! And please pray for my sanity! We know that prayer has brought her so far and we are so thankful for where she is today. I know in the big picture of things, this is just a little blip and we can hopefully get past it in a hurry. We are trying to keep things in perspective. Thanks to all!

Oh, sorry for no pictures lately, the camera is not charging correctly so I can't use it until we can get a new charger. I have some cute ones to post soon!