Ethan was in therapy this week. The first time back really except for the one day in December (the 31st) that he was able to go. Yesterday the doctor who cares for the kids at therapy came to share something about Ethan with me. She was so excited, she just had to tell me herself. :) She said while checking him over she was leaning over him with her stethoscope hanging down from her neck. Ethan reached up to grab it and put the flat piece onto his chest. He was showing her he knows what it is used for. She was so proud of him. I must say, I am too and impressed as well. It is so neat to see his intelligence shine through.
Now for the not so great stuff...Ethan was sick again. He caught another stomach bug and was sick from about December 31st to January 7th with diarrhea. Although we did visit the paediatrician a couple times, we were able to keep him hydrated enough to avoid an IV. Unfortunately, to do so we restricted his calories for a bit and he lost weight. Thankfully, only two other people in the house (of 5 at the time) caught it as well.
Our dentist squeezed us in on his first day back from the holidays and he does not seem overly concerned by Ethan's lost teeth. As soon as he saw them he said they were normal baby teeth that have gone through the resorption phase. But he did not have any answers as to why Ethan's teeth would be doing this so soon. He took some x-rays and we do know that he has all of his adult teeth (we just do not know what condition they are in), and we could see where the upper right tooth root is starting to spontaneously reabsorb. He kept the two teeth we had to send them off to a colleague for analysis. So again we wait. People who have seen Ethan recently but don't really know him have been saying to me that he must be teething and you can kind of see why in the following photo...
Speaking of waiting...we find out the results of his MRI on February 17th, so it should be interesting to see what that brings.
What a smartie! That is awesome!
ReplyDeleteBut sick again? that sucks. You must be exhausted and ready to move on to the new year. Lets hope for brighter days ahead!
Boo for being sick again! That's good that the doctor isn't that concerned about the teeth. I hope the analysis stuff comes back uneventfully and it's just like he thinks. Lots of healthy vibes his way!
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