Eric update

I am finally able to sit down to update the blog. I don't think I have shared a lot on this blog about Erics health lately so I figured its time to share.

Over the last 4 months of Erics life we have dealt with a lot of health issues for him. These of course began with his 8 day stay in NICU and continued when he came home and failed to gain weight. We have struggled with feeding, especially breastfeeding but also bottle feeding as he seems to have some feeding aversions. We know from tests performed that he has acid reflux as well as some other minor complications but nothing in the form of any kind of syndrome or anything. He has been receiving physical therapy for a few months now and this week we saw a neurologist, a genetecist and his neonatologist. He is scheduled to see his primary care physician this next week.

The good news is that he doesn't have any true genetic, heart or neurological syndromes or diseases. He will be watched closely as he grows since he does have some conditions that are thought to be nothing to worry about but nevertheless they exist, like a cyst on his brain or as the neonatologist described it, static! This isn't anything they are concerned about. He has a heart murmur but it is a common murmur found in babies and will go away as his heart matures. We do beleive that his acid reflux is causing some problems so we plan to aggressively seek further treatment for that. He is scheduled for a minor surgery on Nov. 4th because he has a condition called hypospadius (we'll let you look that up yourselves) but it is very minor and the surgery will most likely be nothing more than circumcision under anesthesia.

Dr.s are amazed and impressed with his cognitive and social skills. And we thank God for blessing us with such a cute little boy.

Join us as we thank God for Eric and for his good reports this week with the specialists and continue to pray with us for resolutions to his minor health concerns.