Taylor's Four Month Appointment

What a day today has been. What started off as a simple visit for Taylor's four month check up ended in a trip to get chest x-rays and a bag of medication. So here is a run down of what is going on with little Miss Taylor.

First the good news, she is meeting all her milestones and over all is doing great. She is 26 1/8 inches tall which is the 97th percentile and she weighs in at 15 pounds which is the 75th percentile. She is still drooling like crazy and her two little teeth are still very sharp so watch your fingers. She is talking up a storm, she is much more verbal than John was at this age. Taylor just smiles and talks all day long. As I mentioned in my earlier post she is rolling from her belly to her back and from her back to her belly.

Now for the simple day that no longer was so simple. Taylor has been having some chest congestion and our pediatrician noticed it before we could even point it out. She sent us to get a chest x-ray of Taylor to see what if anything was going on.

Now before I get to the results let me just tell you that watching your four month old get chest x-rays is horrible. Yes, I know there are much worse things that children go through on a daily bases, but for us this was the worse we have experienced. The technician took Taylor and put her in this hard plastic tube looking contraption that was tight so she could not move. She was in a siting position, but remember a four month old cant sit unassisted so this contraption did that for her. Her arms had to be raised above her head and she has to sit like that for what seemed like forever, but in reality it really was not long. Taylor was of course upset, heck we all were upset, its just flat out hard to watch your child cry and you can do nothing. The x-ray technician was very sweet and she did a great job so we did not have to re-do them. Although everything went great, it was horrible and I honestly hate thinking about it.

So the results, the x-ray shows that she has what looks like pneumonia or mucus in her right lung. Given all the data we have we are leaning towards mucus. We also tested her for RSV and should have those results soon. In the mean time I am giving her five breathing treatments a day and tons of hugs and kisses. The breathing treatments should last 10 days, but we will just have to see how things go. We are taking her back to the pedi on Friday to see if things have improved. What we do next will depend on the results.

As for Taylor she seems super happy and just her normal self. She is still talking away a storm and smiling all the time. Thank you for all who called and e-mailed! I will update the blog after our appointment on Friday.