Sunday, November 22, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Eye doctor
Today Ella had her first trip to the eye doctor. I think that normal people probably find the eye doctor a pretty blah experience. I have not ever had that experience, and so far, neither has Ella.
This was not a vision check, that comes closer to her 1st birthday. This was a specialized visit to have the doctor check out a bump Ella has had on her upper left eyelid for close to 4 months now. When she was a month old, it appeared randomly. We assumed, as did our pediatrician, that it was a stye, so we commenced to put warm compresses on it twice a day. After a month, we reluctantly gave up on the "stye" theory and set up an appointment to see Dr. Busse, a pediatric ophthalmologist, the best in Austin. It took almost 2 months to get in to see him, but our pediatrician told us it was nothing to worry about, so we waited.
Well, today we found out that the little bump is actual a non-cancerous blood vessel tumor on Ella's eyelid. Dr. Busse explained that there is nothing that needs to be done at this point, as it isn't growing any bigger, and he showed me pictures of what it would look like if it DID grow. He said, at that point, we would need to get into action. Apparently, this thing is nothing to be concerned about, and it will only look smaller and smaller as Ella grows up. She'll just live with it. I was really impressed with Dr. Busse's demeanor and explanations. As we were leaving, he said, "This is nothing to worry about. But, I'm willing to body slam this thing if I need to."
Anyway, Hal and I are not overly concerned, we're just going to watch it for now. But it was really hard to hear that something, even minute, is wrong with your child. Where did this tumor come from? Why is it there? Why will she have to deal with it forever?
For now, we wait and pray that God will miraculously shrink this tumor so that we don't need to watch it for changes or growth. And if not, that it would stay just like it is forever, no worse, no different. All prayers would be greatly appreciated. :)
This was not a vision check, that comes closer to her 1st birthday. This was a specialized visit to have the doctor check out a bump Ella has had on her upper left eyelid for close to 4 months now. When she was a month old, it appeared randomly. We assumed, as did our pediatrician, that it was a stye, so we commenced to put warm compresses on it twice a day. After a month, we reluctantly gave up on the "stye" theory and set up an appointment to see Dr. Busse, a pediatric ophthalmologist, the best in Austin. It took almost 2 months to get in to see him, but our pediatrician told us it was nothing to worry about, so we waited.
Well, today we found out that the little bump is actual a non-cancerous blood vessel tumor on Ella's eyelid. Dr. Busse explained that there is nothing that needs to be done at this point, as it isn't growing any bigger, and he showed me pictures of what it would look like if it DID grow. He said, at that point, we would need to get into action. Apparently, this thing is nothing to be concerned about, and it will only look smaller and smaller as Ella grows up. She'll just live with it. I was really impressed with Dr. Busse's demeanor and explanations. As we were leaving, he said, "This is nothing to worry about. But, I'm willing to body slam this thing if I need to."
Anyway, Hal and I are not overly concerned, we're just going to watch it for now. But it was really hard to hear that something, even minute, is wrong with your child. Where did this tumor come from? Why is it there? Why will she have to deal with it forever?
For now, we wait and pray that God will miraculously shrink this tumor so that we don't need to watch it for changes or growth. And if not, that it would stay just like it is forever, no worse, no different. All prayers would be greatly appreciated. :)
Sunday, November 8, 2009
5 months
As of tomorrow, Ella will be 5 months old. She and I discussed it, and we've decided that the 5 month will be the best yet. :)
It still surprises me that just when I think one thing is set with regards to Ella, everything seems to change. Example--she had been sleeping for 11 hours a night with only one night feeding for a few weeks. This week, we're back to 2 night feedings and sleeping 9 hours total. I really think that she is working so hard on learning new things that she takes a step back in other ways. This is totally fine with me, as it is so amazing to watch her figure other things out. The only thing I don't like is that she seems more tired during the day, so I hope she resumes the good sleep soon.
Here is what she is up to these days:
-sitting up, only for a few seconds at a time before she topples over, but she is definitely getting better at it.
-forming multi-syllabic sighs and grunts. No words yet of course, but definitely a new vocabulary is forming in that brain of hers. Today, she told Gammaw and Pops to "watch her sit up and chew on her favorite toy". This sounded a bit like, "bah-OHHH-woo-ma", but we all got the point.
-loving drinking from a cup, loving rice cereal, and even...drum roll please...loving the bottle! Thank goodness!
-tormenting Kaiser, this has been very interesting for him.
More pics to come soon!
It still surprises me that just when I think one thing is set with regards to Ella, everything seems to change. Example--she had been sleeping for 11 hours a night with only one night feeding for a few weeks. This week, we're back to 2 night feedings and sleeping 9 hours total. I really think that she is working so hard on learning new things that she takes a step back in other ways. This is totally fine with me, as it is so amazing to watch her figure other things out. The only thing I don't like is that she seems more tired during the day, so I hope she resumes the good sleep soon.
Here is what she is up to these days:
-sitting up, only for a few seconds at a time before she topples over, but she is definitely getting better at it.
-forming multi-syllabic sighs and grunts. No words yet of course, but definitely a new vocabulary is forming in that brain of hers. Today, she told Gammaw and Pops to "watch her sit up and chew on her favorite toy". This sounded a bit like, "bah-OHHH-woo-ma", but we all got the point.
-loving drinking from a cup, loving rice cereal, and even...drum roll please...loving the bottle! Thank goodness!
-tormenting Kaiser, this has been very interesting for him.
More pics to come soon!
Monday, November 2, 2009
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