Prayers Please

I feel like the last week has been a marathon of appointments for Jude, culminating in a horrible appointment today. He first went to the nutritionist, who was a hippie Eastern medicine type - it was great and we shared the same opinions on many things, at least as far as medicine goes. She recommended things like avocado, olive oil, almond butter, etc. Basically, anything to keep his protein content high. She also recommended a wonderful book called "Feeding the Whole Family" which includes some wonderful recipes which, like it states, feeds the whole family (including baby) in a healthy way.

Next, we went to the physical therapist who worked for an hour with Jude to help him get from laying to sitting, kneeling to sitting and standing, etc. It was a wonderful room filled with toys that Samuel could not keep his hands off of. About half way through this appointment, I point blank asked her why we are in such a rush to get Jude to walk, crawl, etc. She looked at me and said "He should have been doing this three months ago." Oh. My bad. She sent me home with a handful of diagrams of things I should be doing with him daily. My opinion? He will develop at his own rate and scooting on his bottom suits him just fine. Also - she said he has "low tone" and lets his body sink in with gravity. Translation: he's flabby and I need to get him some muscles quick!

And today I took Jude in a for a last minute appointment because this kid cannot shake his rattly breathing and wheezing. Here's what I left this appointment with: an inhaler with two different medicines (in case of asthma), a prescription for antibiotics (in case it's a sinus infection), and a referral to Dornbecker for a sweat test for Cystic Fibrosis. He could have allergies, asthma, sinus infection, reflux, cystic fibrosis and/or a cold. So, we have an appointment at Dornbecker on Wednesday morning at 8 a.m.. It will take 1 1/2 hours and I am hoping for a swift diagnosis. Please be praying for Jude.