Lydia is still feeling pretty awful. I think I will try to bring her in to see Dr Wood tomorrow afternoon. (We have Elise's 1508 eval in the morning.) I also want him to take another look at her incision anyway. Her stitches were dissolvable, but there is one stitch that is still there. I called about it a couple of weeks ago...he said to just keep neosporin on it, and it might just take longer to dissolve...I think we've given it enough time. Dr Alberty's nurse looked at it for me on Friday and said that they'll probably have to remove it with a suture removal kit.
Another note from our appt with Alberty that I forgot...
I told him that I was confused about how Lydia had eaten so well for a whole week and had only gained 1 1/2 oz. Again, he said that we would not be slaves to the numbers..he is no longer holding us to that 1/2 oz per day figure. He just wants to keep up with her to be sure that she is gaining enough for Lydia...not compared to anyone else. Right now, she's good. Anyhow, he said that the reason that she may seem to not gain as much could be due to possible spasticity in her muscles...if she is constantly tightening some of her muscles, she is burning more calories than a typical kid. For example, her big toes are constantly turned up...it takes energy for her to keep them in this position, which means that it takes calories. He was not diagnosing this persay... he was just offering it as a possibility. It makes sense to me.
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