Watch me Grow!!

Caroline had her follow up appointment at Duke today and all went well. Dr. Prose is pleased with her progress and thinks that the hemangioma has decreased in size some, but most certainly has not grown. So, we are meeting the goal of giving her the steriod. For now, we are going to continue giving it to her at the same dose and return to Duke in two weeks. At that time we may begin decreasing the dose slightly. The goal is for her to take as much of the steriod as necessary, but no more than necessary to keep the hemangioma stable. Because of the potential side effects of long term steriod use, we only want her to be on them for as long as is necessary - it's a balancing act. Caroline's two month check up went well. She now weighs 9 pounds, 4 ounces and is 21 and 1/4 inches long. On the growth chart she's only in the 10th percentile for height and weight! Seems she is going to be a petite little peanut! She's very proportionate though, and is growing well so no worries! The poor girl had to get three shots. She handled them pretty well I must say. Today she has been quite fussy though and just acts like she does not feel well. Hopefully she'll be all better tomorrow. Here's some pictures of Caroline showing off her "boo-boos." Check out the tazmanian and daffy duck band-aides!