We had a dramatic two days with Augs starting on the 1st. We were sent to a skeleton-staffed pediatric emergent care unit at MGH... no real problems, just concerns about feeding and hydration, but it's never relaxing when you're told to take your 3 day old out for emergency care. We then spent a long evening, worried that if we didn't have evidence of hydration by midnight we might be asked to take him to the scary ER at Mass General, with all the germs and waiting and mayhem. Turns out we didn't need to, so that was a great relief.
Then yesterday we had our first regularly scheduled doctor's appointment. Wheeled the kid over to MGH in his super fancy buggy, on its maiden voyage (see previous post). Everything had changed. All the problem-symptoms we had been watching had gone away. He had gained a whopping 4.7 oz overnight (that's 3.7% body weight). He was pronounced extremely healthy.
So... fairly dramatic, valleys with "cause for concern", and peaks of "extremely healthy".
Kudos to Dr. Katherine Zuckerman, who was warm, friendly and reassuring, but simultaneously professional and confident, despite looking like she's about 22. She spent her New Year's Day holiday working the pediatric emergent care unit at MGH. Really helped us feel better and gave us good, clear instructions.
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