February 23 - Endocrinologist Appointment

February 23 - Endocrinologist Appointment

With everything going on with USS it is sometimes easy to forget that Levi has Congenital Hypothyroidism as well. His thyroid has been under control for quite a while so our routine is fairly set there. He takes his medication every morning and then eats 30 minutes later and life is good. We have not been seeing any issues from it lately. When he was younger we definitely had many times when we knew his thyroid was under or over active and we would need to get his meds adjusted. But lately everything has been pretty status quo. Today we head to our regular appointment with his Endocrinologist Dr. C. Thankfully this appointment is only in Manchester so its an hour drive each way instead of two hours.

All ready to head out.

Levi did great on the drive down, talking and playing, and only telling us that he was "STUCK!! stuck car seat" a dozen or so times. :) We got checked in and his height and weight done. According to them Levi has grown another 1/4 inch and is now 34 inches! And he was 30.5 pounds. We got settled in our room and waited for Dr. C.

Playing with Dr. C's chair while we wait for him

Tired of waiting. Time for a snack. 

The appointment went great. Dr. C said that Levi is looking really good and that the medication is doing what it needs to be doing. He thinks he is on an appropriate curve with his size as well as his development. So that was reassuring. Levi is due for labs, but we aren't going to stick him today just to do it. So we got a lab slip and will do the labs on Thursday when we do his next USS labs. Dr. C also thinks that Levi is doing well enough that we only need to be seen every 6 months!! WOO HOO!! :)

We got dressed and headed home! It's so nice to hear that something is going well. His thyroid was such a stress when he was first born and we were dealing with it with a tiny baby. Shoving meds down a tiny baby's throat every morning was not a fun experience or holding a screaming hungry baby that couldn't eat for an hour was so stressful. So it's such a reassurance as a parent to know that we did the right thing back then and it is helping him now. This is another thing that he will have for life, so we are never truly out of the war, but we seem to be winning the daily battle right now.

He's outta there! 

I got him to turn around and show off his stickers. He asked for Mickey, and the receptionist said that Pluto needed to go to, so he got two! Made his day. :)