reports from day 2

Day 2 included Endocrinology and NICU follow up.  Dr. Houk, our endocrinologist, said that Tripp looks great.  He is still on prelone, a steroid, that he has been on since birth.  He was put on it because he had low blood sugar and this would help prevent seizures.  He wants to see us again at the end of April to follow up and make sure his dosage is ok.  He will hopefully out grow this and the adrenal deficiency will correct itself.  At 1 year he will also check us to make sure Tripp is still growing at a good rate because he had concerns that his pituitary gland may not function properly.  At 1 they need the growth hormone to continue growing whereas he can grow right now without it. 

NICU follow up was great too.  Dr. Boedy was in clinic today so we got to follow up with him.  He cared for Tripp for the 19 days he was in the hospital.  He also played for the Gators in football and has season tickets one section over from ours!!!  He has become a part of our family so we were excited to get to follow up with him.  He told us to watch out for hernias when the fluid starts draining after shunt is placed.  He said its common for this to happen because the fluid comes in large amounts into stomach area and can cause them to pop up.  He said we would then have to have a surgery to fix those if that happened.  We asked him would we know if Tripp's shunt wasn't working?  He said YES!  It would be no doubt that something was wrong.  He said we wouldn't have to kill ourselves to get to hospital but to just go on and go.  It wouldn't be life or death but the symptoms would come very quickly. 

Please just remember us, Tripp, and the drs as we prepare and go through with Tripp's surgery on Tuesday.  We will be leaving Monday for Augusta. 

Trust & Rely In the Power of Prayer!!!