325. A's Dr. Visit

Dr. Reischer says that Andrew has no evidence of Erb's Palsy, which is the name the call permanent nerve damage from shoulder dystocia. He's not ever going to refer us to a physical therapist, he sees it as unnecessary. We might ask to go to a pediatric neurologist just to make sure. His reflexes were normal.

Andrew weighs 9 lbs. 3 oz. He's gained 2 ounces in what has been 6 days outside the womb. He's still the same height.

We saw in the paperwork that his billyrubens peaked at 13.7 on the 3rd day. Dr. Reischer said he's seen them in the 20's with out any problems, and he thinks the dangers are over exaggerated.

He gave him his hepatitis B inoculation.

I also gave him Diana's family of thyroid problems: Diana's mother, sister and aunt have all had surgery to varying degrees. He said that tends to bother men less somehow.

I've noticed his cone head is going away, his skull is reforming after it's trip through the narrow birth canal.

I haven't mentioned it, but he has the werewolf ears that William had when he was born. Harry ears. It goes away, but is hardly noticeable.

So everything is fine, we return in 2 weeks.

We had a nice conversation with a woman who is about 6 months behind us in the project to have 2 babies close together, in the waiting room. She seemed so curious about our experience.