Since birth my DD has had medical problems. Now most of you might think that "oh her problem is that big of a deal", "She is overreacting" blah blah blah well its not as bad as it could be but she does have somehealth problems. Since my DD was 3-4 weeks old a strawberry hemangioma. Actually she has 6 of them. but the one on her neck and back have been the problem ones. this is what they look like.
I do not have a picture of the on on her neck cause i cant get her to sit still long enough. But the one on her back is getting bigger. So with that said. 1 month ago we had a app with a dermatologist. Actually 2 derms. 1 was in the office and the other we had a video conference with at the same time. THey both suggested we do a ultrasound on her liver to check for a hemangioma on her liver. The reason because for 1 month and 1 week she didnt gain any weight but lost an OZ or 2.
So on Tuesday we had the liver ultrasound. Today we had her 4month appt (at 41/2months in hopes that she will gain more wieght) we got the results. There is a 3mm spot on her liver. Since it is so small they can not diagnose what it is. I ased "what else could it be if its not a Hemangioma?" his answer "well ma'am im not totally sure" so in my mind yes this is an hemangioma since he is not telling me what else it "could be". In 3months we go back for another ultrasound to see if its got bigger.
Also has gained weight YAY. She now weighs 12lbs and 12 oz a whole lb more then she was 4 weeks ago. Im very grateful. She is also 25in. She is only in the 11% for weight and 68% for height. I am not so much concerned with her weight as i was because my husband is stick thin and so is his mother and so is my mom side of the family. Ive also found out that it took me a while to gain weight as well.
Well the DR jumped down my throat about how much formula Makenzi is getting. She gets a 4ox bottle 4 times a day and 2 times a day she gets 1/2 fruit and 1/2 veggie. with rice cereal. YES I have tried more frequent feedings and she will not have it she spits it up. Ive also tried 5 oz she does not want it.
She wakes up at 8am has a 4oz bottle goes till 12 noon and has a 4oz bottle with 1/2 veggie and 1/2 fruit goes till 4 and has a 4oz bottle and at 8pm she has a 4oz bottle and 1/2 veggie and 1/2 fruit she then goes to bed at around 9pm and sleeps till 8am. I will not wake up my child in the middle of the night to feed her. If she was hungry she would wake up.
So the DR today told me that i was basically a bad mom because she was only getting 16oz of formula in a day. Well im not going to force feed my child just to have her spit it all back up. I ust really dont know what to do. I am dealing with all this alone and will for another few months and im about to lose my mind. I cant take anymore. UG Thank you for listening.
