[tri-med] Re: Losing weight

Hannah was very slow to gain weight. She still is. We were taking her to =
the
doctor twice a week for weight checks for a long while. Her doctor put =
her
on some additives to her formula to get extra calories too. She is three
now, weighs 27 pounds and is about 38 or so inches tall.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bdancho@xxxxxxx [mailto:Bdancho@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:27 PM
To: Tri-Med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tri-med] Losing weight


I just posted the other day about low blood sugar. Now we're on to a new =

obstacle. Caleb (full T13) will be 10 days old tomorrow. He is still =
losing=20
weight. We know that there are issues with his liver and kidneys =
(although I
was=20
told neither are failing yet). The doctor said that he suspects an
electrolyte=20
imbalance of some sort and that any testing to determine what is going =
on
would=20
be too invasive and he recommends that we bring him home from the NICU =
and=20
just let things be.=20
Has anyone experienced difficulties with early weight gaining issues? =
The
doc=20
says he's already on more calories than a baby of his age should be.=20

Could this really be the end of the road for us already? I feel like I =
am=20
just giving up on him if we don't investigate the cause.=20

Becky


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