Drew's first trip to the Doctor

We had to take Drew to visit his group of pediatricians, shortly after he was born because ours did not visit us at St. Elizabeth's. They were impressed with his weight gain in the two days since we had left the hospital - 3.5 ozs - he was just 2 ozs away from his birth weight! They said everything else looked great except he still looked a little jaundice - ahhh! So like the other two boys, we headed back to the lab to get more tests. Since his weight gain was so good and they knew he was eating fine, they were concerned it could be a jaundice related to an imcapability with my blood type - so they needed three vials of blood. Poor thing - he was already tested twice in the two days we had been at the hopsital. The tests came back the next day and the levels were well within the low risk range for his age! The best part of the whole trip to the doctor was when they asked Tim to fill out the paperwork. He just stared at it - so I said, here - why don't you change the baby. Drew had an explosive poo that shot out and went all over the table and floor. Thankfully it somehow missed both of us!

We thought we were in the clear with the doctors until his one month appointment, but last Wednesday our doctor called us again! Now what? Apparently the bloodwork that Drew had drawn at the hospital that is required by the state of Kentucky came back with some borderline results regarding his thyroid levels. So back to the lab we went... I hate that place with a healthy newborn. They tell you not to take your infant around germs! It is a division of Children's hospital - BUT, there were people all over the place and they were coughing, etc... I was about to have a panic attack. I guess the lady checking in caught me glaring at someone coughing and not covering their mouth - so she let me weight in the supply room in the back! This time they needed "a lot" of blood for these two particular tests, so Mr. Drew got his first blood draw out of his little arm. He was so good and took it like a little man. We haven't got both tests results back, but the first one was normal - so according to the nurse, more than likely the second one will be normal as well - shew... There are lots of reasons I only wanted three kids, BUT I don't think my nerves could handle another pregnancy!