Update on Alea

I don't have any pictures to post, but I wanted to update everyone on Alea. She had her 9 month check up on Monday. She didn't have to get any shots, but they checked her iron levels. They were good! So, we can continue using the low iron formula. She has only gained a few ounces in weight, an inch in height and her head size stayed the same. She has dropped on the growth charts, which isn't what we wanted since she was so far behind to begin with. She will go back in 6 weeks to see if she has started to gain any weight. I think she lost weight when she was so sick in January and has now gained that all back and we will begin to see more come on shortly, but that is just my intuition!!

The doctor did put her on Miralax to soften her stools and it works!!! Yippee, yeah! She also has a perforated sweat gland on her arm that we are watching to see if it heals on its own or it will need to be surgically removed.

Other than her size and the gland, she is progressing very well! We are so blessed to have Alea in our forever family!!