Logan - Since being released from the hospital

4/23/2010 -
Logan had a visit with his pediatrician to follow up after being released from the hospital. We discussed scheduling a follow up swallow study, a hip ultrasound (since he was breech), and a repeat hearing screening. They found out he was refluxing during his swallow study, so he was put on Zantac (.6 ml twice a day). And we scheduled a follow up appointment for one week later.

4/29/2010 -
Logan had a follow up appointment with his pediatrician. She just checked how he was doing.

5/12/2010 -
Logan had his Hip Ultrasound at Children's Hospital. Everything looked good, no issues. Yay!

5/25/2010 -
Logan had his Hearing Screen at Children's Hospital, since they couldn't get him to pass before he left the hospital. He passed in his right ear, but failed in his left ear. She found that he had fluid in his left ear, which is why he failed. She said they see this in babies with reflux, and when his reflux gets better, it should clear and he should be ok. We were to follow up when he was around 3 months old.

5/26/2010 - Logan had a Swallow Study at Children's Hospital, a follow up to see if his aspirating issues were getting better, She tested him on "honey" consistency and he did great. She then thinned him to "nectar" consistency and he did great again. So our new feeding plan was to use "nectar" consistency (which is in the middle of normal and "honey") and to follow up in 4-6 weeks.

5/28/2010 - (Weight: 14 lbs 10.5 oz)
Logan was having issues spitting up A LOT. So we brought him in to his pediatrician. She said he sounded good, and checked out good, We did an X-ray and that also looked good. She just recommended we take more precautions to help prevent him from spitting up (feeding him up right, feeding him less, burping him often).

6/11/2010 - (Weight: 16 lbs 2.5 oz!!)
Logan had developed a cough, so we brought him in to his pediatrician. (I was worried he was aspirating again - especially since we had just thinned his formula). He had no other symptoms (fever, runny nose etc). He looked and sounded good. She increased his dose of Zantac (1 ml twice a day) and suggested we thicken his formula again, until his next swallow study. She also recommended we take him to see a lung specialist (a Pulmonologist) to see if there is something we are missing, since he still tends to breath fast.

6/18/2010 -
Logan had his 2 month check-up and shots. He weighs 17 lbs 2.5 oz!! (+97 % tile) and is 25" long (97% tile). Everything looked good. She said she was going to talk to the Pulmonolgist to see if there is anything we should be doing before his appointment (which was scheduled for 7/16....The pulmonolgist ended up recommending he be put on Pulmicort medication through a nebulizer to ease any irritation in his lungs - but his cough seemed to improve, so I didn't give it to him, I wanted him to be seen first.)

6/25/2010 -
Logan had a repeat Swallow Study. He did great on "honey" and so we did "nectar" and he did great. So we decided to thin him to "nectar." She suggested we gradually thin him from "honey" to "nectar" and follow up again when he is 5 Months old. We are thinking his cough was caused by the reflux, not the thinning of the formula.