2 Weeks Old, 3 Doctors' Appointments

Today was quite a busy day! Between Katherine and me, we had 3 doctors' appointments. The first one was with my internist. She took my blood pressure and it was *very* low. Lower than she was comfortable with. So, she told me how to start weaning off the blood pressure medicine. I'll do it slowly and monitor my pressure while I do it, but this is great news! I did talk to her about my tailbone issue and she said the same thing my OB did - talk to the neurologist.

The second appointment was with my neurologist. He watched me sit up, walk around, did some of those fascinating neuro tests, and determined that he doesn't believe there is anything really wrong in my spine. He said my tailbone is probably inflamed. However, anti-inflammatory medication tends to increase blood pressure, so I can't take that. He told me to take vicodin for the pain instead of OTC ibuprofen. How twisted does that sound?!?! I thought that was humorous.

The third appointment was with Katherine's pediatrician. She's not only back to her birth weight at her 2 week birthday, she's OVER it!! That's my girl! She weighed 7 pounds when she was born, and weighed 7 pounds 4.2 ounces today! GO GIRL! He looked her over and said she looks great. We talked about how she eats and he said she might have some mild reflux, but that they classified David's as severe. She will sometimes have what he calls "wet burps", but she doesn't spit up and certainly nothing like David did. He suggested a soy formula might help, so he gave us a sample and we'll try it.

So, on with the pictures, right?!

Here's the sweet girl with the sweet bow:
I like to call this one "ENOUGH MOMMY!!"

Ready to go to bed - what a pretty 2 week old!!
Tomorrow is David's "Daniel and the Lions Den" play at school. He's so excited because his Aunt Isa and Paw Paw are BOTH going to be there - how fun is that?!?! I'll try to get a video snippet on the blog soon. I can't wait. David's playing the King and remember - his line has 41 syllables!!