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To: TheBattman

She is wonderful. What a pretty smile. As for growing. It is hard to believe. Its like getting to watch a miracle everyday. Thanks for the update.


288 posted on 07/20/2004 7:09:50 PM PDT by dalebert
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Anna had her Dr. Appt. today – and second round of shots (oh boy).

Anyway, thought everyone would want an update so ---

Weight: 12 lbs 13 oz.

Length 23 inches

Head: 16 1/4 inches

According to the charts, she has officially caught-up. She is now right in the middle of the development charts for a 4 month old UNADJUSTED for her preemie birth! So she is right where she should be even if she was not a preemie.

All looks good – Dr. said to keep up the great work – so there we have it!

Another interesting comment from the Dr. Last appt, we were reminded that many preemie, and most who are breech need physical therapy for their legs. We were given contact info with Easter Seals. We received info, but didn’t pursue it yet (under the impression it would be quite expensive – and that she likely wouldn’t need it immediately). Well, we found out that what insurance doesn’t cover, the state does. Fine. What was even more interesting is that after the Dr’s exam, she said she is 100% sure Anna doesn’t need it. She said that at 4 months it becomes obvious that they will need it. Signs would be no effort to put feet down when held vertically, no effort to support weight with legs, not putting legs down when laying down, poor muscle tone in the legs, etc. Anna has no problem with any of this – and has “great” muscle tone (so the Dr. said).

Dr. was also impressed that Anna is already taking “foods” pretty well. She said preemies usually take longer to “get the hang” of eating other than formula/milk from the bottle.

So all was great news! PRAISE GOD!

Anna had just been upset (just a good case of fussy) and Phoebe decided she could take calm her - it worked!


289 posted on 07/27/2004 6:51:46 PM PDT by TheBattman
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