Grandpa visited Henry last night. We changed out his cannula tubes and gave him a little break from the tubes, which was nice for everyone. Jeff gets very happy when Henry's face doesn't have duoderm and cannula tubing on it.
Henry had an appointment with Dr. Hassan at 9AM. The Wilmot Clinic was very crowded again. It took us awhile to see the doctor. Basically, nothing new to report. The blood tests weren't back yet. Dr. Hassan said that he thought Henry looked healthy. We have another appointment with Dr. Hassan in 6 weeks.
We stopped by Lovin Spoonfuls for breakfast around 10:30AM. It's a vegan restaurant that we frequent. We suspected that it would be empty at that time, and it was. Then, we headed home for a brief respite.
We headed out the door at 12:15PM for our 1PM appointment with Dr. Banuelos, the ophthalmologist. A woman named Sonia (also the mother of a 25-weeker) did the initial check. She put drops in Henry's eyes and then was gracious enough to set us up in another room, rather than sending us back out to the waiting room (which was filled with people). As a preemie mom, Sonia understands the concerns about RSV. It is nice not to have to explain the situation. Most people don't get that preemie parents aren't being "overprotective" by keeping their preemie children under 2 away from crowds. It is following standard medical advice backed by research. Just as you wouldn't take a cancer patient into a room filled with germs, you don't do it to a preemie with chronic lung disease either.
Dr. Banuelos didn't know that we were waiting in a different location, so we actually got a little behind on her rotation of patients. Once she found us, she showed Henry several toys and watched the tracking of his eyes. She said that Henry has astigmatism and will need glasses down the road. She looked at Jeff and me and said, "I'm guessing that you both got glasses in 7th grade." Indeed, she had that one on the money. "Given your eyes, Henry will probably need glasses earlier than you did. Probably around 1st or 2nd grade, but I don't have a crystal ball to tell you when. He will be nearsighted." Other than that, she said his eyes look good. She asked how old he was "adjusted." I said that he was around 3.5 months. She said that his eye tracking is slightly advanced for his adjusted age...not super advanced like a 6 month old or anything, but just slightly ahead of what she would expect from someone his age. Henry was pretty mellow during the exam. He was very taken with Dr. Banuelos' toys. She asked us if he was always that calm. We laughed. I guess she didn't hear Henry talking up a storm when we were waiting. He became rather mad, because I had forgotten his bottle, so he had to nurse from me directly, and he didn't really want to do that. But Jeff and I agree that he is a focused kid. On the whole, he isn't unreasonable. Dr. Banuelos wants to see Henry in a year, unless of course his eyes start straying or becoming crossed. We left the appointment feeling good. She's clearly a doctor who enjoys her work.
We didn't get home until 3PM. We fed Henry, who ate a record high of 135 mls in one feeding. We then got ready and headed out the door to my parents' house. We dropped Henry off around 6:15PM. Then, Jeff and I went on a date and saw "Enchanted." Henry was sleeping when we arrived back at the grandparents'. Grammy bought him some 6 month old clothes and a bouncy seat for their place. We got back home around 10PM. It has been along day.
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