Ironing out a few kinks

Yesterday evening, for the first time in a while - our part of the world saw lightening. It was at a distance and we couldn't hear the thunder. So, as we were driving and saw it at the horizon... Maggie said... "Hey, I saw a crack in the sky!"

Then, tonight, while driving home from Devers - we began getting sprinkles on our windshield (another thing our part of the world hasn't seen in a while). Whit said, "ANTS!!!! ON OUR WINDOW!!!"

(Those stories were free)

Now... for ironing out the kinks...

Whit had his PT evaluation last week. He showed gross motor skills ranging from 18 months to 22 months of age. (He is 32 months old). While that is very close to "normal" for the locomotion and coordination skills she assessed, the therapist did see a definite neurological deficit with control and gait. Therefore, she is recommending once/week PT for him - just as the neurocognitive dr. had prescribed - to iron out those minor kinks. We have the speech and occupational therapies coming up in a few weeks.

Speaking of the neurocognitive doctor, I received a phone call from his nurse on Friday afternoon. While at the development appointment a few weeks ago, the neurologist checked Whit's iron levels. As it turns out, Whit shows a significant iron deficiency. We are on a "trial" round of iron supplements to see if the problem is nutritional or metabolic. We are a little anxious, because we don't feel it is due to nutritional issues. At the end of 3 months of being on the iron supplement, they will re-test his iron levels and we will go from there. He was discharged from the NICU on this same supplement, and it made him sick. We have survived two nights of it so far (even though he does NOT like it). Hopefully he'll continue taking it okay, though, and it will not make him sick. We are also praying that if it is a metabolic issue, it will be an easy, and not serious fix.

When I was talking to my mom tonight, I said - "Hopefully we'll get everything ironed out without a major issue." I didn't even catch my own "pun". She did, though!