Luke's Two Week Checkup

We headed back to the doctor at 8:15 this morning (which totally stinks after being up most of the night with little Luke! I think I got maybe 1 1/2 hours of sleep last night!) for Luke's second doctor's appointment.

Good news is he weighs over his birth weight (and we still had three days left)!! YAY!! He weighed 8 lbs 4 ozs! He grew 1 1/2" and is now 21 1/2" long! His head is also up 1" to 13" (it's everyone telling him how cute he is all the time!) .

Bad news is he has a clogged tear duct in his right eye and he is still a little jaundice. The doc says that if he is still looking a little yellow in two weeks that we should go back in and get a blood test done to see what his bilirubin levels are.

We asked the doctor what we can do about the little guy's hiccups (poor Luke totally got that from me!) and he said we can't do anything about it. Since Luke has a hard time burping and has a lot of gas, we also asked him about gas drops. He said we were fine to give them to him. We asked him about his umbilical cord and he said it looks good (can't wait for that thing to fall off! It is so big and when he kicks up his legs his diapers hit it!). :(

Luke liked this appointment even less than the first one because they had to prick him in the heel and fill five circles with his blood to test for certain diseases and allergies. Poor little guy!! He was really glad when the lady was done. No news is good news and I think they get the results within the next couple of weeks.

If Luke doesn't look jaundice in two weeks, then we go back in two months...our next appointment is scheduled for April 8th.

After the appointment Brad took me to Chick to get me a chicken biscuit :) and then we headed to GFAP to let the boys meet Luke.

BVOTD: "The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." Isaiah 58:11