Kelton's Update

I realize I neglected to do an update after Kelton's weigh in on Wednesday. As you may remember, his weight increased by 1.5lbs for last weeks weigh in. It is a weight I knew was not 100% true since well...gaining that much weight in one week would be just as "not good" as losing that much in one week. I also knew that later that day his prescribed laxative began to work - and work well. :)

So...this last weigh in showed him back to his December 31st weight.

To break this down:
Dec 31 58lbs
week 1 57.5lbs
week 2 59lbs
week 3 58lbs

Now those of you with kids about this age are probably saying "Wow - my kid only weighs 42lbs!" and that may be. But my kid weighed 42lbs when he was 3.5 years old. He's tall too. :) In fact, Kaylen weighs 40lbs right now and she isn't quite 4. :)

It isn't the number that we are looking at - it's the number of pounds lost in a short amount of time. So yes, while he is a healthy sounding weight (thank God! I don't want him weighing 42lbs....or 52lbs) his weight loss is a concern.

The 3 day stool test that was run on him turned up nothing (again, Thank God!) and we are waiting on a call to schedule to the CF test. Other than that, we are in a holding pattern and just waiting to see what his weight does. If it holds steady - we're golden and can chalk it up to energy output being greater than fuel intake. And that is what we are all praying and hoping for.