Update on Sarah

So have you all been on the edge of your chairs? I know I have. (and unfortunately we get to stay on our chairs a little more) But we did get some answers. So we took Sarah to Dr. Wilcox, an excellent ophthamologist. (He also sees Ari for her wandering eye.) Anyway, He looked at her and she has small cataracts in the middle of each eye. She was born with them. What does all this mean? Well...Since they are small we are going to watch for a little bit and see how much they are actually affecting her eye development. Since she is still small...only a few weeks old, she can't focus well anyway, and doesn't always follow. (Even if her eyes were normal, newborns of that age don't always follow or focus.) So we will take her in at 6 months (in May) and see how her eyes are developing. As long as her eyes develop normally (for the most part) we will just continue to watch and see. If at some point Dr. Wilcox sees that it is causing developmental problems for her, we will have surgery and remove them.

So as I said, we got some answers, but we will play the wait and see game. So please keep little Sarah in your prayers. We appreciate all the support!

Our Newest Member of the SUPER Pooper Club...

So I just thought I would let you know what a great pooper little Sarah is. Last night in one of those feedings, she started pooping. Well, she burst through everything and all over mommy. Undecided Of course we knew she was a great pooper from the start. You know the first day you are supposed to get 1 wet diaper and 1 poopy...well our little star did 6 poopy. (She BARELY made the 1 wet.) Don't worry though everything works just fine!

She is a pro at waiting until you take the diaper off (even though you've waited for her to finish, and pushed her legs up to get out the rest...she waits!) then she strikes. She has gotten both Jon and I on several occasions. Not to mention, she has power behind it so if you aren't holding the diaper up, she'll blow it over. (Trust me on that one...I was painted.) Yell Anyway...Just thought you would like to know what kind of FUN we are having here!



Also she went in for her 2 week appointment. Man she is growing like a champ! Well putting on weight like one anyway. She is now 8 lbs. 1 oz. (Up from her birthweight of 6 lbs. 13 oz.) However, I think she may have gotten a couple Foote genes because her height...well it went backwards and she measured 20.25 inches (down a quarter inch from her birth height of 20.5) No worries though it was probably just a mismeasure at the hospital. They're pretty quick. The Doc says she is looking good, except....

She has little white pinpoint dots in the middle of each pupil. I noticed them earlier and Mandy asked what they were. I told her I was gonna check with the doctor at her appointment. Well, it just so happens...we don't know yet. He looked at them and in frontal veiw her eyes refract light like normal. However, when she moves her eyes around it doesn't look quite right. So, needless to say we are going to an opthomologist on Wednesday (tomorrow) to have them looked at to see what's up. The doc said it could be tumors, cataracts or nothing to worry about. YEAH RIGHT, don't worry. Right tell that to any mom! Tongue out So here I am being calm as can be waiting to worry til after the appointment tomorrow when I hopefully will know what is going on. So, here's hoping it's nothing...otherwise we're heading in for some surgery of some sort, I'm sure.

Well...that should keep you waiting on the edgte of your chair til the next update!