Today Ellie had her follow up at Johns Hopkins where we saw her GI dr. Both Ellie and her GI were excited to see each other. Her dr was happily surprised with how much she has grown. Dr A and Ellie looked at her weight and growth charts together on the computer and Ellie was curious about what the numbers and lines meant. Dr A was wonderful with explaining to this almost 9 yr old child what was being measured and why this was important. Most exciting to both was when Dr A told Ellie that her height had jumped from 32% up to 58%. Her weight has also jumped. I forget what her weight was but her weight is now 33%. Looking at her chart, Ellie has grown 6 inches in the last year and gained about 10lbs. No wonder this child has needed an entire new wardrobe for school. When she ended the 1st grade, she was still wearing 4t clothing and barely at that. Pants she had to wear a belt or pull up, sometimes both just to keep her pants up. She is now wearing a 7/8. Looking at her pictures I knew she had grown, I just did not know how much until today. She was also as brave as she could have been for the blood work she needed today. Coming from a child who used to have full out panic attacks, today she did not. She still freaks out badly and fights the blood work, but not as bad as she used to.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:32:04 +0000
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