Check in. Check Out.

You may have heard, we had another doctor visit this past Thursday that resulted in a 24 hour hospital stay. We walked into the office with a fever, an alarming more often than normal apnea monitor, and some congestion. When we found out his oxygen rate was 90% things were a bit troublesome. A breathing treatment, a phone call, and a car ride later we were checking into the hospital. Monitored overnight and sent home the following day. We learned two things while there:

1) Silas' immunoglobulin tests came back normal. As did his thyroid. I forgot to ask about the microarray.

2.) Silas has tiny fuzzy ears and it's nearly impossible to see more than 20% of his ear.

As we were leaving the hospital, a nurse called us about services for Silas. You know you've had too many hospital visits when...

Yesterday was Silas' hospital follow-up. We saw Dr. Coleman again. He tried to look in Silas ears as well and could only see 5-10%. He also tried and oximeter but it only works if the baby isn't crying. Can you guess what Silas was doing? Ha! So we walked out of that appointment waiting on calls to see a pulmonologist and an ENT.

A few other tidbits: Silas is 9 months old and has been breastfeeding 6 months now. :)

We learned at his last G.I. visit that his testes are undescended. One is about 75% descended and the other was *unlocateable* so that may be another appointment to make as well. Typically if they aren't descended by 12 months, they make a referral to have them *found* and possibly surgically moved. This could affect fertility and also  is linked to higher risks of tumors, cysts, and cancers if they remain undescended.

On a more positive note, I heard him make a new sound last night. *la* when copying a friends voice. He has been quiet lately, so it made my day to hear that!!