After an email exchange with Dr. R, Bambino's Immunologist/Allergist at UCLA, he decided to overbook his schedule and see Bambino today on an emergency consultation. It was a stressful day. Bambino was crying all the time. He's developed an aversion to any personnel wearing a lab gown or a stethoscope around one's neck. It was difficult to have a decent conversation with the doctors because I can hardly hear them over Bambino's screams.
Dr. R ordered x-rays on his chest, sinus and neck after I told him about his cough, colds and chest congestion. The filming process was tough. He cried, kicked and screamed. The technicians had to repeat the process a couple of times because they couldn't get good quality film. It felt like we spent an hour at Radiology, his voice was hoarse by the time we stepped out. At this point, I felt like I wanted to scream myself.
We went back up to see the doc after he's read the xray results and he found out that Bambino has sinusitis. He will go on yet another three-week worth of Keflex again.
He also wrote a script for a couple of antihistamines that we could try: Allegra and Xyzal. And since we can't get an appointment with the GI doctors, Dr. R grabbed some random GI Fellow to write a script for a Zinc supplement (the GI found a slight zinc deficiency in his last lab tests).
All in all, we spent more than four hours at UCLA. Tomorrow would be another busy day with the Nutritionist and Feeding Therapist.
Current weight: 16lb 13 oz (higher than his November 2008 weight of 16lb11oz. YAY!!!)
Length: 28 inches
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