6 Months Has Come and Gone

Keegan turned 6 months old on March 23. All day long all I could think about was "what was I doing this time 6 months ago?" Oh they started the pitocin, oh I got my epi, they realized I needed a c-section. My worries went from "when are they gonna get this baby out of me.....WOW to what doctor or specialist he is seeing when.

Monday the 29th we went to see Dr. Crecelius for his 6 month check-up. Everything looked good, he is weighing in at 20 lbs 12 oz, he is currently 26 inches long. His head circumfrence is 53 cm, up from the 46 cm at Dr. Walsh's office in the Fall. Dr. Crecelious is a little concerned about how large his head has grown so we have a CT scheduled for Thursday the 8th in the afternoon.

At the doctor's office we started getting all our referrals together for the various procedures and specialists we need to see. As it stands right now we are seeing a plastic surgeon on April 13th for the removal of Keegan's extra fingers and toe; while I think this should be a pretty cut and dry procedure I am obviously not a surgeon! On April 14th we are seeing a Pediatric Gastrointerologist for further testing into his extra gallbladder/cysts that were found WAYYYYY back Here. After birth the doctors haven't really focused on this AT ALL. Which is a bit concerning since we were followed by a Perinatologist for my entire pregnancy due to this finding. On May 6th we are going to see a Pediatric Opthamologist, the only one in our city! This is for his "lazy" eye and checking his vision for other problems. This leads us to our Semi-Annual appointment up at Dr. Walsh's office at Riley on May 28th. 

It's going to be a busy couple of months for us as far as in and out of doctors offices and procedures. We do have some big news on the AFP front, if you remember his AFP levels; although dropping, were pretty high from birth. In the fall they were hovering around 1500, when it was redrawn in January it dropped to the 500 area which was still higher than Dr. Walsh wanted it to be. Dr. Crecelious had it redrawn on Monday to find it was all the way to down to WAIT FOR IT............22! We are beyond excited since it is now in "normal" (between 11-300) area! This means NO CANCER! YEA! I did a little happy dance at my desk when the doctors office called to me this GREAT news!

Last but not least, we had Keegan's 6 month pictures taken at Penny's on his 6 month birthday. Here are some shots from that experience!

Have a very Happy Easter with Family and Friends!

Put your Mind to it, Go For it

Keegan started his physical therapy this past week! We are very excited! I got a call Monday morning at work from the PT that a friend suggested (thanks Leslie!)  saying that she would like to see Keegan for his first appointment that day. I knew I would be hearing from them soon, but wow, I was amazed they called already and wanted to get started right away. My sister happened to be taking care of him on Monday so she came over to the house. For about 45 minutes they worked on his neck and head. Keegan's neck muscles are more tight on one side than the other, I guess it's pretty common, the coordinators at First Steps reffered to it as Torticollis. His PT, did lots of exercises with his included laying him on his "bad" side (left) and putting toys or pretty objects on that side so he will turn his head that way. She also did an exercise where we roll him to his "bad" side; thus forcing him to turn his head in that direction and not just let it flop that way.

I started to do these exercises with him last night, they went relatively well. I put on a music video for 3 month olds to try to get him to turn his head toward that direction, although he didn't see too interested in the video, he cooperated for the exercises.

Tummy Time before he got frustrated

Riley called yesterday. I had asked them about Keegan's AFP level in relation to possible cancer in Ryan and I. Because of the Christmas holiday she was just able to get back to me with the good news being that we most likely have nothing to worry about. They do want him to have his blood drawn again to test for those markers. We are able to do that here at our local hospital instead of driving all the way to Indy. I will do that as soon as I can find time.

On another note-It is down right freakin cold here! I have NOT gone back to Massachusetts for a reason and this is #1-The FRIGID cold, #2 being the snow, which we are expect to get 2-4 inches of. Our houses here in Evansville just aren't made for this kind of cold and neither are the drivers in this city! I am NOT looking forward to the commute to work tomorrow morning, it should be interesting to say the least.

We are still working on the blog, I applogize for not having live links up at the top, Its a work in progress, I do it as I get spare time, which seems few and far between these days-but eventually it will all be fully functioning! Feel free to add our "Praying for Keegan" button to your blog! We love your support.

Until next time!