Saturday, October 1, 2011

Update

Its pretty safe to say that our updates on Payton will likely become further and further apart as she settles into being a 'normal' baby at home.

The last few days have been pretty uneventful aside from a quick trip to Children's Hospital to have the doctors look at her granulation tissue (when I say quick I mean not so quick since we were there for 3 hours - eternity when your juggling Livy too).

Payton came home on some antibiotics not because of her granulation tissue (which is growing rapidly) but because of the significant discharge from her tube/granulation tissue.

We see our new Pediatrician on Monday who happens to be an expert on these things so we'll have a concrete answer then as to how she's handling the G-tube and whether the growing tissue is a concern.

We also took Payton in for another weighing at the Community Health Centre and she still continues to gain weight.  In total, for the 1st week home she's gained 426g (or 0.937 lbs).

As for Livy, she's adapting very well and for the most part she loves her Payton.  Only once has she said we should take her back to the hospital.  Aside from wanting on my lap a bit more (something I'm not going to complain about because I don't get enough cuddle time from Livy) she's pretty content to have a little sister.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hello,
I love to hear the update on the girls!!
Payton is normal - and all is well?
Good that you have - lots of support help - Gramma Val, Monique, Kayreen and others!
Take care, Love to All! Auntie Bev