Thursday, July 3, 2008

Pulmonologist Visit

Just a quick update about Titus' appointment with the pulmonologist yesterday. Dr. Gelfand was pleased with his progress and has subscribed a different medication for us to try this week to see if it will help his lungs and get him off oxygen. The medicine is also a diuretic, so we are concerned that it will not affect his weight too much - Titus weighed 13lb 9oz yesterday. And, he decreased the number of times per day we can give Xopenex (with the nebulizer) and CPT. We've been doing it 4 times a day, and he suggested we back it down to twice a day. We were thrilled about that since that gives us 1 hour a day back in our schedule and allows us to work on other things with Titus during that time.

And, we found out this morning that we OFFICIALLY APPROVED for Medicaid as of June 4, 2008. Since our insurance only covered a limited amount of therapy and we had already used it up, we've been waiting for approval so we can start therapy again. It also will help with all the treatments and progress toward cochlear implants. We have a fitting for Titus for hearing aids coming up.

Titus had a rough night last night - we think he needed to poo and so he was kicking his feet and arching his back a lot during the night. It was the first night in weeks that his monitors were going off every 15-30 minutes.

We are off to Cedar Creek Lake for the holiday and to celebrate Noah's birthday. He's our firecracker born on the 4th of July. He's turning 10 and could not be more excited!

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