Newborn Follow-up Clinic

Nathan and Owen had their appointment at the Newborn Follow-up Clinic today. This clinic is for everyone born in this area under 1000 grams. Several different doctors and therapist saw the boys today. Our appointment lasted 4 hours. The nutritionist thought the boys were doing well. Owen is gaining 25 grams a day and Nathan is gaining 35 grams a day. This is the average of their weight gain since they left the NICU. At the boys corrected age of 2 1/2 months they are still measuring small, 3rd percentile, but they expect them to pick up soon. We saw the audiologist today. Owen no longer has fluid on his ears!!! He passed the hearing test on his right ear but not his left. He is returning in a week for a 2 hour hearing test that gives the doctors a very detailed analysis of his hearing. Nathan still has fluid on his ears. He will be returning in a few weeks for the same hearing analysis. Both boys are having appointments scheduled with an ENT at Children's Hospital. The boys were also able to see Sally, their OT from the Brookwood NICU at the clinic. She felt Owen was feeling a little tight in the hips so now we are going to see her once a week for a while. I am glad she wants to follow the boys so closely.