A Second Opinion

I know I haven't mentioned Isaac's hypoglycemia in awhile. That's a good thing, because he hasn't had any recent episodes. We have been giving him cornstarch before bed and paying extra attention to keeping food in him when he's sick. But we still have no answer/diagnosis. Today we visited the geneticist at Children's Hospital-Dr. Marble. He's really smart and good at his job...he specializes in metabolic disorders. I would know-working at Children's, I'm training in helping the metabolic dietitian :).

He basically got his history and did a physical exam. Isaac will be getting some labs drawn on Saturday to help with a diagnosis.For the most part, he did rule out some disorders. Now he's thinking it may be possible for him to have some type of glycogen storage disease (a defect in the breakdown of stored glucose to glucose you can use when fasting)...although this usually causes an enlarged liver, which he does not have. He also mentioned possibly having just ketotic hypoglycemia. This is better than nonketotic hypoglycemia. Making ketones is a normal response during fasting...it feeds the brain during those periods of fasting. And of course, there are other disorders on the table.

We had to reschedule his 4 year checkup but according to his measurements today, he's growing well! He weighs 34 lbs 5 oz and about 39 inches tall. His BMI/age is 50-75%, Wt/Age 25-50%, and Ht/Age 25%. His height took the biggest jump! In February he was between the 3-10%. So we are very excited about his progress.

Please keep him in your prayers and let us hope that we can find some answers to these episodes that he's had in the past.

Big Belly!

Here are more current belly pics. And you have no idea how much it kills me that these have not consistently been in 4 week increments :P. If you didn't know, we  just bought and moved into our first house last week so things have been hectic! Be on the lookout for house pics soon :)

23 Weeks

27 Weeks

Isaac is 4 Years Old!

I can't believe  how big our boy is getting! Well, Isaac turned four a couple weeks ago. We celebrated with a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed party at Tat's house. It was a very dreary and wet day, but that didn't stop the kids from swimming anyway! He also had fun with balloon animals and a pinata. Thanks to everyone that made it out to Lafayette on such a yucky day! And thank you to all that helped with the party...especially Tat and Omi for hosting the party. We hope everyone had fun :)

Catching Up on Belly Pics

Just as suspected...I have not been doing as much blogging this time around. haha. Well, I have been taking my belly pics though. I have to say, I am definitely looking bigger now that I looked with Isaac at this time. I've pretty much made the switch to most maternity/elastic bottoms. I'm just much more comfortable...especially after lunch :).

I'll be 18 weeks on Friday and I'm feeling great. I'm starting to feel little thumps now :). It's so exciting! Next Wednesday we find out the sex...Isaac is insisting it's a boy, which is making me think so too. Although Isaac's premonition may actually just be wishful thinking on his part. haha.

Enjoy the belly pics!

8 weeks

12 weeks

16 weeks

St. Mary's Walk/Run Challenge

Hi everyone! In October, we'll be doing a fundraising walk for my little brother's school, St. Mary's. St. Mary's is a residential training school for children and adults with developmental disorders. For those who don't know, my little brother Sage (who is now 21!) has Down Syndrome and has lived there for a few years. It is a great school and we want to take the opportunity to raise money. To learn more about St. Mary's, you can visit the website.

If you'd like to help our team and donate, please check out our team page. Every little bit helps! We're "Sage's Saints" :) And of course, anyone is invited to come walk with us!

Zoo Day

For the past couple months, I've felt so sick that we haven't really done much fun stuff with Isaac. Especially with a little one on the way, we've started making a point of taking him fun places again. We started with the zoo, and we picked a perfect day to go! There was a bit of a drizzle that eventually went away leaving the temperature in the 70's. Good enough for me :) Here are some pics of the day. As usual, his favorite was the elephants.

Little Ring Bearer

A couple weeks ago, Isaac was in his first wedding. We were thrilled when my cousin asked if he would be the ring bearer. He looked so adorable in his suit vest, tie, and dress shoes. He was excited and ready to go...well, at least until the doors opened. He just stood there and I had to get up to bring him to the front. haha. Other than that, he had a blast dancing at the wedding. Thanks for letting Isaac be a part of your special day, Elisa and Rollie!