Doctors, Doctors and More Doctors

Drew for the last couple of weeks had been so tired that he'd been taking 3+ hour naps in the middle of the afternoon. He's just too tired to stay awake. Because I had an appointment for Alexis and Jordan for well-child check-ups I took Drew with me to have him checked out. The doctor ordered a series of blood tests and he wanted to have him to an asthma test. They usually make kids wait until they are six years old to take the test but because Drew is such a good, cooperative kid they said they'd give it a try. It was supposed to take an hour, but because the doctor was running behind it took two and a half! Drew was fabulous though and Jordan was a happy camper for the most part too. Drew did fabulous at blowing into their machine and popping the balloon on the screen. He did it a few times for them and thought that it was great fun! His numbers weren't as high as they would've liked to have seen them so they went ahead and gave him a steroid, administered through this fun mask to see if an inhaler would help him. He improved his breathing enough that they gave him the inhaler. The doctor was surprised because it shouldn't have helped him as much as it did. It increased his breathing ability enough that he said to give it a try and we would reevaluate in six months. Drew's blood work came back in a couple of days later and we found the culprit for all of his sicknesses. He's been a sick little man since he was born. It had been worse lately, he'd had a lot less energy, he had been randomly puking for no reason and then he'd feel better a couple of hours later. He and his daddy had a lot of the same symptoms but to varying degrees. Our fabulous doctor did a celiac test. Drew did not get an official celiac diagnosis. To be officially diagnosed you have to have an eleven or higher. Drew had a ten! I knew what that meant. When he was three I was convinced that he had a IgA or IgG immune issue. Celiac falls into IgA! John went to get tested and he had a 350 with 370 and up being a celiac diagnosis. So we went Gluten Free (GF). This is not something I would recommend for fun. It's expensive and it sucks. But, it's worth it because Drew and John have both had more energy, Drew's breathing issues went away, they both quit puking and Drew started to grow! Madison is still bigger, but Drew grew one inch in two months! It's worth it for our family to be GF!

I didn't forget that Jordan and Alexis had their check-ups, but they were both just fine. Here are their stats:

Alexis - 7 years old

Weight - 46.8 lbs - 28%

Height - 48" - 46%

BMI - 14.3 - 20%

She's tall and skinny - wonder where she gets that?

Jordan - 2 months

Weight - 12.38 lbs - 72%

Height - 26.5" - 94%

Head - 15.4" - 25%

He is also tall and skinny, but really he's getting chunky!

In case you were wondering, taking all three to be checked at the same time = CRAZY!!! We survived though and they're all doing much better!