Ouchy!!

Ryan had his weekly pediatrician visit today. His weight is up! H
e now weighs 7lbs 4oz and 19 ¼ inches!!

He is on a medication that affects his electrolyte levels and often has the levels checked. Today was the lytes check. Our good luck with blood draws at the peds office ran out today.

Poor little guy had to get stuck in both arms and his blood/veins still didn’t cooperate.

They ultimately used blood from a heel stick to check his electrolytes. The clinic is great about calling and letting us know what is levels are. Today our call wasn’t so great.

His potassium level on the draw was over 7! That is crazy high! Dr. S said that he felt it was probably due to type of blood they drew but we needed to have it rechecked.we opted to head on up to children’s today to have it redrawn.Four sticks later his potassium levels are perfectly normal!!!

If ever I needed ‘ouch’ cream it was sure today. . . .

Thankfully Ryan was happy with his kick piano!!