More Appointments

I wanted to give everyone a quick and brief update on Owen's appointments this week. Saturday I took Owen back to Dr. Brady. His respiratory infection was causing him absolute misery. Late Friday night his ears started draining and I knew it was starting to settle and he needed meds. Dr. Brady is so good about reading my cues, and she prescribed him Amoxicillin. Let me tell you, in less than 24 hours, our little guy was feeling SO much better.

Monday, Owen had 2 return visits at Vanderbilt. His first was with ENT for an ear tube check. The doctor said they were both still in place and she saw no sign of any infection. Strange, considering other doctors said they were not in place. I've come to find that the more doctors we visit, the more opinions we get. Hmm, sometimes MOMMY knows best.

His second appointment was with Pulmonary (lungs/asthma). Dr. Moore said he sounded great, and wants Owen to complete 3 more months of his inhaler and we would go from there.

Tuesday, I took Owen to his feeding therapy evaluation. I do not even know how to explain, except that she watched him eat/not eat. He was grumpy and not cooperative. She said he had "poor muscle tone" when chewing. Have we heard that before? At this point I just nod and go along with what they say. The therapist gives us weekly food assignments and we meet weekly to evaluate his progress. This week we are working on meats and veggies.

Owen meets weekly with 3 different therapists. Here is our schedule:

Tuesday: TEIS-Kids Putnam at 3:45 pm. Owen works on social skills with other children as well as fine motor skills and following directions.

Wednesday: Feeding Therapy- Wee Talk at 4:30 pm. Owen will work on accepting a variety of foods and the amount he takes in.

Thursday: Physical Therapy- Theraplay at 4:15 pm. Owen will meet with the physical therapist to work on building muscle tone, and of course...WALKING!

Our weekly schedules are packed. These 3 therapist meetings,  plus countless doctors appointments, not to mention momma gotta work!?! WOW.... THANK GOODNESS for FRIDAYS!

Here is a picture of our little "red-headed" "blue-eyed" boy.