Today we had our follow up appointment with Dacia's endocrinologist.
History Lesson- When we went in for Dacia's well child check up last year the dr was a little concerned that she has almost dropped off the charts on her height and weight. It was like 8% & 3%, I don't remember which was which. So they drew blood that day and recommended that we see a Pediatric Endocrinologist (say that 10 times fast), just to make sure that all her glands were functioning and there wasn't a bigger problem as to why she was on the small side. We went for our first appointment in Dec. The dr asked all the questions, checked her out, looked at the labs from the blood draw and said she looks healthy. They sent us over to Primary Children's to do a wrist xray to check for Rickets and bone age and we would just see her again for follow up.
So we had to have Dacia's blood drawn again on Monday for todays appointment. They checked her height and weight. She has grown 2cm since Dec and gained a pound, which puts her on the same curve that she is all ready following. So still small. She does NOT have Rickets, but her bone age does show that they are younger than she is. Meaning she is an almost 5 year old in an almost 4 year old body. So Dacia will most likely be a late bloomer. But her blood test also showed that she is VERY vitamin D deficient. Her level was 6 and it should be 30. So we have to increase the milk intake and make sure that we are taking vitamins. I have to admit that we do have vitamins in the cabinet, but I got out of the habit of giving them to the girls. She recommended that all the girls and ME should be getting more vitamin D and taking our vitamins. Since Dacia's levels are really low, it's most likely that we all have low levels. So when we go in for Brylee's 6 month appt in a couple weeks we will need to get vitamin D drops for her, or how ever babies take it.
History Lesson- When we went in for Dacia's well child check up last year the dr was a little concerned that she has almost dropped off the charts on her height and weight. It was like 8% & 3%, I don't remember which was which. So they drew blood that day and recommended that we see a Pediatric Endocrinologist (say that 10 times fast), just to make sure that all her glands were functioning and there wasn't a bigger problem as to why she was on the small side. We went for our first appointment in Dec. The dr asked all the questions, checked her out, looked at the labs from the blood draw and said she looks healthy. They sent us over to Primary Children's to do a wrist xray to check for Rickets and bone age and we would just see her again for follow up.
So we had to have Dacia's blood drawn again on Monday for todays appointment. They checked her height and weight. She has grown 2cm since Dec and gained a pound, which puts her on the same curve that she is all ready following. So still small. She does NOT have Rickets, but her bone age does show that they are younger than she is. Meaning she is an almost 5 year old in an almost 4 year old body. So Dacia will most likely be a late bloomer. But her blood test also showed that she is VERY vitamin D deficient. Her level was 6 and it should be 30. So we have to increase the milk intake and make sure that we are taking vitamins. I have to admit that we do have vitamins in the cabinet, but I got out of the habit of giving them to the girls. She recommended that all the girls and ME should be getting more vitamin D and taking our vitamins. Since Dacia's levels are really low, it's most likely that we all have low levels. So when we go in for Brylee's 6 month appt in a couple weeks we will need to get vitamin D drops for her, or how ever babies take it.
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That must have been really scary for you guys. I hope everything is okay. She may just be on the small side. Keep us posted.
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