Abigail had her 18 month checkup today. She is 24 pounds 9 ounces (50-75%) and 32 3/4 inches long (75-90%). She's a peanut in comparison to Samuel. At 18 months he was 31 pounds and 34 1/4 inches long.
Abby has been having cold symptoms for several days. Yesterday, her left ear had some fluid coming out which I didn't think much of. To be honest, my first thought was great, the ear tubes are working. During the exam the doctor looked in her right ear, perfect...she looked in her left ear, looked again and informed me that Abigail had a foreign object in her ear and it appears to be silver. She attempted to remove it but was unsuccessful and recommended we see her ENT.
As luck would have it, when we got home the ENT office was at lunch and wouldn't return until 2pm. Luckily they were able to fit us in at 2:40. Unfortunately, the doctor made several attempts to remove the object but had no luck--her ear is too swollen. His gut tells him that she's going to need it surgically removed. We were sent home with drops in hopes that the swelling will go down by Wednesday and allow him to remove it. If not our appointment will turn into a Pre-Op appointment and the surgery will more than likely be on Friday. The procedure will be similar to when she had her ear tubes surgery. Please PRAY that on Wednesday they are able to remove it!
Other than that, Abigail is a healthy 18 month old toddler. Her vocabulary is increasing daily but for the most part she chooses to point and grunt and say "mama!" :-) Words she says regularly: mama, dada, thank you (dank you), grandma'ma (mamama), papa, wow, bob (spongebob), night night, no (mostly to Samuel) and hello.
Words she can say if she feels like it: pepaw (papaw), memaw, ball, nose, more and Izzy. I'm sure I'm forgetting some but you get the point.
She knows where all of her body parts are.
She can make the appropriate sounds for a cat, dog, bird, cow, chicken, monkey, donkey, pig, mouse, rooster, bee, horse, snake, sheep...again it's late and I can't recall all of them.
I'll update after her appointment on Wednesday.
Cherish each smile, each laugh, and each tear...You blink your eyes and one day becomes a year.
2 comments:
Oh my Hav!!! Wonder what is in Abby's ear??? Something silver, could it be a dime or something? Oh geez, I'll pray that the doctor can remove it and not do the surgery!!
Do you think it's an earring? Sooo sorry to hear about it. We'll certainly be praying that it comes out on Wednesday. Let us know!
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