Two By Two

I went this morning for the results of my coposcopy.. it came back negative for cervical cancer.. WOOO HOOO. They said that I do have HPV 16 which is a strand of the virus that does lead to cervical cancer of it goes untreated so I have to come back in October for another papsmear and every 6 months there after until I have 3 clear paps and then it'll go back to a year apart. They prescribed me Premarin for some side effects that I'm having from the depo shot.. stupid shot.. I go back the end of May for the next shot.

Put a call into the pediatrician today as well.. ever since we put River on the Nutrimagen he has been spiting up after every meal.. it started out just a real little bit and now he is spitting up 2-3 times after his bottle and it's a pretty big amount each time. The secretary called back and said the doctor wants to send him to GI specialist for an Upper and Lower GI work up ASAP.. she's supposed to be calling back with the appointment time.

He really is doing much better.. the crying is almost non existant anymore.. other than normal baby crying because he's tired or wet or hungry etc.. he goes to sleep between 7:15-7:45 every night and sleeps until 7:45-8am the next morning. The last 3 nights however he wakes up screaming about 1-2 hours after he goes to bed.. is up for about 30 minutes and then goes back to sleep for the night.. no idea what that's about.

Doug started work last night.. he said it was okay.. boring.. he basically doesn't do much but sit there and make sure that the construction workers and painters etc don't steal anything when they leave for the day otherwise he reads or whatever.

UPDATE

ASAP for his GI work up apparently means June 15th at 1pm.. almost 2 months away.. what crap.. He is spitting up/throwing up at every bottle now.. I burp him every 1-2 oz and he spits up every time I burp him.. I smell like baby barf. So we ditch the crying for throwing up.. *sigh* can't I have a happy AND healthy kid?? The throwing up doesn't seem to bother him any though.. I'm just worried about him losing weight or not gaining weight because of it. *sigh* Maybe he is sick? when we went to my SIL for the weekend we were told that my neice was having problems with her sinuses but I was assured she was NOT sick.. we get home and River starts with waking up after being put to bed. His spitting up got worse and his appetite has decreased. We're going to give it another day and see how he is.. if he has a repeat performance of today and the last 2 days we're going to call the pediatrician and demand that she either see him, get him into the GI quicker or refer him to Wolfsons so it can be done quicker.. BLAH

He is going to be advanced in his development but he is going to be a PITA medically.. Has my hair turned gray yet???

So we have someone come out the house once a week with a program called Healthy Families.. she gives us ideas on ways to play with River to help him grow and learn and how to better us as well.. She came out today and did something called a Denver Development Assessment.. basically it assesses River on a few areas of growth: fine motor, gross motor, language, and social ability. She asks us questions on what he's doing an then does a few activities with him to see what he can accomplish. She gave us the results afterward.. he is on a 6 month level on gross motor skills, he is on a 6 month level on language skills, he's on a 5 month level for fine motor skills, and a 5 month level for social ability.. She said he is doing amazingly well! YAY!!!! We'll do another one in about 3 months.

I decided today that it's time I go to school for the LPN. I called Linda at the Career Institute and made an appointment to come in tomorrow to redo some paperwork and meet with the financial advisor for a preliminary assessment. It will take about 45 minutes.. then I'll go back next week when we get back from SC and meet with the financial aide advisor again with all the tax paperwork etc.. and find out exactly how much financial aide I'll actually get and how much we'll have to come out of pocket from the start etc.. Then I'll go back May/June for an interview with the dean of admissions and barring all that.. If I get a place (there are 30 places and 3 alt positions) I'll start class in July.

By then River will be 5 months old and even though I really don't want to leave him 40 hours a week.. if it means a better life for all of us.. it'll be worth it..

River had his 2 month well baby visit today... and his first round of shots..

His measurements are:

12 lbs 6 oz, 22 3/4 inches in length, and 16 1/4 inches head... it puts him in the 50th percentile across the board.. he is RIGHT where he should be for his age physically..

She did a few excersizes with him to see how strong he was.. she put him down on the table and he propped himself up with his hands and looked around and held his head perfectly straight and everything.. she was impressed at his strength and said he is doing things that a baby normally doesn't do until closer to 4 months.. GO LITTLE MAN!

We told her that the formula is helping but not alot.. she said she wants to keep him on it until he turns 3 months and if there still isn't much improvement he'll be put on something called Progesteril or something like that.. she said some babies are allergic to lactose (which would be given soy formula) some babies are allergic to the protein in milk (babies are given Nutrimagen) and then some are allergic to the fat which is that next one.

He was given 3 shots (one of which was 3 different vaccinations all together) He goes back at 4 months for his next round of shots