Say Aaahhh…

Adela had a busy week last week.  A visit to the dentist, a visit to the endocrinologist, and a play date.

Mommy and Adela visited her dentist on Tuesday over at UNC.  To make a long story short, she has great teeth.  Adela was very cooperative (even happy) and let her dentist check and brush her teeth.  Afterward, she got to pick out a little prize from their toy box — a purple elephant bath toy which is now named “Hello Elephant” (as in “Hello Kitty”).  All together, in and out within about thirty minutes.

The visit to the endocrinologist took a bit longer, but went well.  There were no specific issues that either we or the doctors had…this was more of just a follow-up.  We actually met with a different doctor than usual (our regular one was unexpectedly out), however we really liked him.  We talked about Adela’s past issues, how her Crones disease will affect her, and what we can do going forward.  She has been putting on consistent height growth after starting her Crones treatment; it’s not a lot overall, but the importance is that it’s consistent.  For helping with growth issues, the only real “medical” treatment is growth hormone, which Mommy and I are still a bit hesitant about after our previous experience with it, however we’ll make a decision soon about how we want to proceed.  It’s also important to make sure she get the right nutrition (already there with the Elecare) since sometimes her intestines may not be absorbing the nutrients as well.  We did have to get a blood draw, but we were in and out of the lab within five minutes, so it wasn’t too bad.

On Friday, Adela hosted a play date for her cousins.  They all had a wonderful time and Adela was (if you can believe it) both thoroughly wound-up and exhausted by the end of the day.  She’s looking forward to having them over again next Friday, too.  They have to get the fun in now since two of the cousins are moving in about a month to American Samoa since their daddy is going to be a US Park Ranger there.

This weekend, we officially started the garden for this year by planting our potatoes.  Later this week, the carrots and peas will start growing inside and get moved out in about a week.  Here’s looking forward to plenty of fruits and veggies.