Wednesday, March 12, 2014

The ENT verdict

Cameron saw the ENT today. She put a scope in his nose to check his adenoids and checked his tonsils. She said that they were mildly enlarged, but not enough to do surgery. She explained that at his age the surgery would be difficult, and that based on the sleep study showing that there is no obstruction, but rather a central brain pause, there was no need to do surgery at this time. I am so grateful for that. She said that definitely to move forward with the MRI- they will look at why his brain pauses. She said that sometimes babies are born with a dysfunction or abnormality that doesn't affect cognition, IQ, motor development, but will affect more primal functions- breathing/sleeping, etc. Without going into tons of detail especially since it isn't her specialty, she told us this about what could be going on with Cam, and that the scan will look for this. She said there are many possibilities.
She also said based on our visit that it sounds like we need to be more aggressive about his reflux treatment and definitely get him in to the GI docs. Their wait list is long, but hopefully they will call us with a sooner appointment if someone cancels.

In the meantime, Cameron is going through a stage where he drinks and eats things- just so he can spit them out. Gross. But true to little boys and toddlers, he finds it a funny game!

Jaxson is so cute with Cam, and Cam loves Jaxson. Jax is always patting his cheeks and kissing his head. He always wants to hold Cameron, but it won't be too long until Cam catches up in weight! Jax is a light weight!

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