Wednesday was Obie's six week mark, and nearing the end of the month, time to get a doctor's visit under his belt. First and foremost, an hour of juggling baby and trying to fill out new patient forms, not fun. After all that was settled, 30 minutes of Obie screaming during the PKU.
PKU is essentially a heel prick gone terribly wrong, five circles approximately 1/2 inch in diameter that "must be filled in completely" with blood from a heel prick. He took the first prick like a trooper, but when the nurse started to "massage" out the blood he started to scream bloody murder. She then proceeded to spill most of the blood she expressed on the paper covering the exam table, not very useful there... Took thirty minutes of Obie gutwrenching screams to complete a ten minute heel prick test. At least the doc was more gentle with him.
11lb 2oz, 22 inches; about a 1/2 lb a week and the same in length. Sylvia said he's already bigger than her 4mth old grandson, quite a shock to me at least.
We've been spending weekends at Art & Elda's so leave a message on the machine and we'll get with ya on sunday or monday :)
Tabula Rasa
Welcome to the blank slate of an infant newborn and watch how his life flourishes and fills with experience and knowledge to fill the pages of his existence.
Friday, February 1, 2008
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