Charlie's first pedi appointment

Charlie's doc appointment yesterday overall was good. She was very pleased and surprised with how quickly he turned around. She was watching his progress each day via his online chart (the beauty of using a Cook Children's network d0c), so she was totally up to speed on everything he went through in the hospital. He gained one ounce to 8.3 pounds, so she asked us to bring him back on Friday for another weight check.

She doesn't think we need to follow up with the pulmonologist at this point, but just to be on the safe side, she did ask us to make an appointment with a pediatric eye specialist. She is treating him like a premature baby since he was on the ventilator, so that's why she recommended the eye doc. In her words, she isn't worried, but wants to be "anal" about making sure everything is good with Charlie, and we appreciate that. She wants to follow his development very closely over the next year or two to make sure there are no delays with reaching developmental milestones, but again, she's not overly concerned, just being cautious. She doesn't believe he was on the vents and oxygen long enough to cause any major delays (neither did his NICU docs), but we'd all rather be safe.

Last night we actually got him to sleep a few hours at a time in his basinette. And my sweet hubby heard him crying at 4 a.m., so he came into the living room to take over and sent me to bed!!! It was so nice to get three hours of sleep in my own bed instead of the couch.

My sister-in-law Shashe is back in town after being gone to visit her hubby's family in Wisconsin for 10 days. She hasn't seen Charlie since he was hooked up to all the tubes and wires, so I can't wait for her to come over today and see her nephew. My brother and sis-in-law will be here from San Antonio next week for a visit. He came up and surprised us for Charlie's birth, but he never got to see the baby since Charlie was sent to the NICU so quickly. They have been checking on Charlie every day, so I know I will have to wrestle Aunt Lala for the baby once they get here:-)