Keegan's Belly Update

WELL,

Today was a long day already. Keegan had two doctor's appointments to try and figure out what's up with his little belly. The first was just a standard weight check/doctor's appointment with our pediatrician, Dr. Josh. He is great. He's so gentle with Keegan and so patient with us. Our appointment was early: 8:40AM... I know that's not EARLY, EARLY- but it sure is harder getting out of the house with a baby. Needless to say, I was a couple minutes late... again, Dr. Josh is so patient with us!

So far, Keegan is still gaining weight really well. In the past two weeks he's gained just over a pound... a whopping 9lbs 13oz... Ha! It amazes me that some women have 9lb babies. He just seems like such a big boy to me! Praise the Lord Keegan was as little as he was when he was born. I just can't imagine! :)

The second appointment was an ultrasound at Sparrow Hospital. According to that ultrasound, it is not the hole to his belly that is causing his discomfort. So that's both good and bad. Good, because we get to rule that out as an option; Bad, because we still don't quite know what's going on. Luckily it seems like his new medication is already starting to help with his spitting up- but the other symptoms that he's showing haven't seemed to improve yet. For instance, everytime he eats he starts gagging and coughing like he's swallowed his food down the wrong pipe.

The doctor now thinks that he may have a swallowing disfunction (?). I'm not quite sure what that means, but in order to determine if he does or not, we have to go see a speech therapist at Sparrow Hospital sometime next week. They'll give him a bottle with some dye of sorts in it- and then do an x-ray of his belly to see if some of the formula ends up in his lungs- which can cause quite a bit of discomfort. My poor baby! :)

SO, I will continue to update everyone on the status. He's such a little trooper. He didn't cry once during his ultrasound. He sat back on the bed, watching the screen the whole time. Maybe he'll be a doctor someday?

Thank you, everyone for your prayers! Hopefully we'll get this all figured out soon. We shall see!

Have a GREAT weekend, everyone. And any Dad's- enjoy your day... Especially my fantastic husband, Kristopher, who will be celebrating his very First FATHER'S DAY! He is a great Daddy. We are so lucky!

Here's my husband the first time he held his son. I can't ever get enough of these two!