Medical Update

CURRENT WEIGHT: 18 lbs, 10 ounces

CURRENT HEIGHT: 30 inches

Truman had his two-year check-up today. Overall, he is healthy. His weight gain slowed down a lot this time--just 3.6 ounces over the last two months, but drumroll please ... his head circumference is on the chart for his actual age. All other growth plotting will remain on the adjusted age charts until he is 3. However, he still hasn't made it onto those charts either, so no "percentages" to give yet. Let's hope he gains weight soon because he is getting too tall to face backwards in the car even in the big car seat without his feet touching the seat in front of him, but he has to be 20 lbs first.

Speech is still very delayed for his age, but Dr. Suterwala again reminded us that this is one of the biggest problems his micropreemie patients have. In speech therapy news, Truman has had about a two-month hiatus because of the departure of two speech therapists at Our Children's House. But he should start back up by mid-September at the latest when some new therapists are scheduled to start.

On the eating front, Truman has an upper GI series scheduled for Wednesday, August 20 and a swallow study scheduled for Tuesday, August 26. Hopefully, we'll learn something from these tests that will help the GI specialist at his consultation on September 15.

The photo above is Truman goofing around in Mama's wool house socks.