Another busy day!

Jack had his 6 week post op appointment with his eye doctor this morning. While we were in the waiting room a fire alarm went off and we all had to evacuate. It's at the Outpatient Center so there were a lot of offices that had to evacuate -- it was a FALSE alarm, a child had pulled the alarm handle!! -- we went back in and were taken back to be seen.

Jack's eyes look nice and straight with the occasional turning out of his right eye. It's very brief. The eye doctor said Jack's RX in his glasses may be too strong now that his eyes aren't turning in any more. He thought for a while and decided Jack should go without glasses for 6 weeks. He said this should even out the eye that's turning out. I think Jack will be upset! He asks me for his glasses every time he's without them!! I am not sure if he'll need them in the future. I assume so because I think they helped with his farsightedness. Does anyone know if farsightedness can get better? I am nearsighted so I am not familiar with the opposite. I know my vision got better to the point of no glasses around 16...then slowly they got worse again and when I went to college I needed them again and still wear them now. Anyway, just curious.

After the eye doctor we went over to the Feeding Clinic and met with the dietitian. She is new to HMC and very informative and nice. She weighed and measured Jack -- 29 lbs, and 38 in. HE'S NOW 25% FOR WEIGHT, HEIGHT AND W/H RATIO!!!!!!!! In June he was less than 1%!!!!!!!! for weight and about 15% for height!!! I could not believe my ears!!!!! She did refer us to a GI doctor for Jack's ongoing constipation issues (since birth basically) and I don't think it will hurt to have one on the team anyway. I told her the only thing we've done differently was add the one 8 oz serving of Resource 1.5 JFK. I explained again the supplier problems and she is going to hunt one down for us. She really seemed serious too! I hope this gets resolved finally!

On a sad note, Jack's pediatrician has retired very suddenly effective immediately due to an illness. We are very shocked and sad. Her office is still open and taking calls and they said they are going to be working with her patients to find a new doctor. I wish her the best. She saved Jack's life when he was born (she was the ped on call and got him breathing and administered CPR). I am going to make some calls to other local peds to see if they accept our insurance and are a good fit for us.