Dr.'s appointments

Hearing Test:
Callie had a follow up hearing test at Cook Children's hospital last week. It was quite an interesting test since she had to be asleep. They suggest holding off on feeding until it is time to do the test so the child can fall asleep after eating in the exam room. The test was supposed to take about 1hr. I was a little scared since Callie usually only naps for about 45 min, but she did great. She had to wait an hour longer than normal to eat, and she was glad to guzzle down the bottle and fell asleep very soon after. She stayed asleep long enough to complete the test and passed with great results!!

Pediatrician:
Callie had her 6 month well baby check (a couple of weeks early) last week also. She weighed 13lbs 12oz and was in the 10-25% for her age. She was 25 3/4 inches long which puts her at the 50%, and her head circumfrance was 16 7/8 inches, which puts her at the 75%! She definately has the Kohn head :)

Her doctor was very impressed with her growth and said it looks like she is doing great! Once Callie gets adjusted to the time in Japan we are going to start on solids. I can't wait for the messy rice cereal, it should be fun.

Hematologist:
Callie's appointment on Thursday was great, her count was 69,000!! She is holding her own and we are so excited. Her doctor said we can wait 3 months before we have to get her platelets checked again (unless she has any bleeding or gets a cold). So we were very excited about that. Hopefully we will only have to get her checked once while we are in Japan.

All the nurses and front office staff were so excited to see Callie. It had been a month since her last visit. She had smiles all around for everyone and really enjoyed the attention :)