Cassidy's September

I'm a bit late here, but on the 16th, Cassidy had her 12 month well visit with our pediatrician. She got a flu shot (and goes back for the second dose after a month) and two of her other normal vaccinations.

Her stats:

Weight: 21lbs 8 ounces (55%)
Height: 28inches (20%)
Head: 44.5cm

Overall, she's looking good ... no wheezing. We are continuing the NEB treatments with pulmicort (freakin' expensive stuff, that is!) once a day and xopenex as needed (usually once a week).




We also saw the allergist/immunologist this month. He said Cassidy looks pretty healthy overall, and agreed with our pediatrician and pulmonologist that this is something she'll likely grow out of. He said it doesn't look like allergies or asthma; more likely that she's getting one virus after another. He decided to do some bloodwork to check her antibody levels for the vaccinations she's already gotten to be sure that her immune system is working properly (the blood draw was awful!). We go back again after 8 weeks.

Jeff went on a cruise last weekend with his coworkers and dad came down to keep me company .. well, actually I think that was just an excuse to come... he really came down to see Cassidy!



We had a nice weekend, just the 3 of us.

Meanwhile, our daycare has had the occasional h1n1 case. This week 2 cases have shown up in Cassidy's classroom of 10 babies, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that she doesn't get it. Realistically, though, we know it's only a matter of time.