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Shots!!


Today we went for a two month check up and shots. I was dreading the shots but Maddy did great. We only had the left leg available for the shots so we did not do the Hep B shot she was supposed to get. We'll get that later. Anyway she cried while the nurse was giving her the shot but as soon as the nurse was done, she was done. She also had an oral vaccine for roto virus which was no biggy at all. I think she kind of liked it whatever it was. She is funny. She is sleeping now. I gave her tylenol before we went so I'm hoping that will prevent any fever or aches that might come from the vaccines. I found out that the test they did for spinal muscular atrophy came back negative so that is good news. We're still waiting on the results for full chromosome screen and the mytotic (sp?) dystrophy test. She has had really dry, scaly eyebrows for the past couple of weeks so he gave a perscription for some cream to put on that. I am also going to have to get some dandruff shampoo for her flaky head. Her numbers kind of cracked me up. They are not accurate in the first place because she cannot stretch her legs out all the way and then she had a cast on that skewed the weight. Still...her height is now 19 3/8" which shows how much her legs have stretched out over the past few weeks and her weight with the 1 cast was 7lb 6oz. I know she's gained because last time we weighed she was 7lb 3 oz with two heavy plaster casts on. The soft casts are lighter and she only had one. I will get to take the other one off tomorrow and give her real bath before we go to SR!! I'm so excited. Anyway, the reason her numbers were funny was because she is in the bottom 3%. Why even tell me? She is doing so good though. She will just be behind for awhile. She started smiling some this week. She especially smiled at Grandma and my Uncle Weldon while we were in Farwell and Lubbock for Memorial day. I was glad that I could tell the dr. she'd started smiling. Anyway, that's the 2 month update on how she's doing. I'll let everyone know how Scottish Rite goes tomorrow. I am curious to see if we continue with the soft casts since she did so well at keeping those on.

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Ms. Embry said…
I can't believe it's been two months already! I'm glad that the shots thing was fairly painless...I know from friends' accounts that the whole shots thing is one of the worst things about being a parent! So I'm glad Maddy wasn't too traumatized by it. By the way, I can't wait to see her smile!!
May 28, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Brandon said…
I could tell right a way she had grown a lot since we stopped by several weeks ago. I remember taking some oral vaccines when I was really little. Grape flavored I think. Wonder what it was since I can remember it, so I must have been 3-4 yrs old?

Brandon
May 28, 2009 at 6:49 PM
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