... dylan's plagio triumph ...

An apple a day

We have been rather quiet over the last few weeks because we've been working through some issues with Dylan's pediatrician and physical therapist. Dr. Cooper (our pediatrician) is concerned about 2 things - Dylan's weight and Dylan's muscle tone. Here's the Reader's Digest version:

His height is continuing on the expected curve, but his weight has plateaued. This started about6 weeks ago so we've been monitoring it for a while and he's been eating like a machine, but he’s not gaining weight at the expected rate. Dr. Cooper is concerned, but not alarmed therefore we're not going to subject Dylan to any tests at this point. So we’ll wait. And keep feeding him.

Dylan seems very normal and active to us - honestly, I couldn't imagine him being any more active. However, our physical therapist is concerned about his muscle tone. It's very common for babies with torticollis and plagiocephaly to be a bit behind developmentally (i.e. they usually sit up and crawl a few weeks to months behind other kids) so I haven't been concerned about how he's tracking on that front. However, since he's so active she thought he’d have more muscle tone and be a little stronger at this point. She wanted Dr. Cooper to examine him and rule out any sort of muscular disorders. My heart sank; however, I was very patient until we went to see the peditatrician. Dr. Cooper is, again, concerned but not alarmed so we're not going to subject Dylan to any testing at this point. We'll continue to monitor his development over the next few weeks and go back in mid September for another exam. We're going to carry on as normal. Go to PT every week. Continue doing our exercises at home.

Bryan is convinced that Dylan is perfect and we shouldn't listen to the doctors anymore. And I agree, but also think I’m suffering from a bit of doctor burnout! We've been seeing at least one doctor per week since the beginning of May. I wish that 'apple a day' saying was true!

posted by the jaynes family @ 9:31 AM