Friday, August 25, 2006
Lydia's new weight!
We have just arrived back home after Lydia's check-up with the neonatal consultant. She now weighs 7 Lb 5 Oz - WOW! He was pleased with progress and doesn't need to see her again until Jan 07. She is naturally still very tiny, but is nicely in proportion! She also had a hearing test with an audiologist this morning and her left ear was a borderline pass, but unfortunately her right ear failed. We think this may be down to her being very blocked-up at the moment. She will be re-tested in September to see if things have improved. She has also just started making small noises, which is great news, as there was concern that her vocal chords may have been damaged by all the tubes. That's nearly the end of the appointments for a few weeks, they both just need to be seen by our GP for a quick once-over, but that should be fairly straight forward and is more about getting them formally "registered" on the NHS. As the neonatal consultant put it "now try and forget all the medical stuff for a while and just enjoy THEM" - we will certainly be taking his advice!! Will upload some photos when I get a minute....!