We took Josiah to see the pediatrician as a follow-up to last week's visit to talk more about the possibility of him having reflux. We told her that Josiah continues to have problems choking, though none of his episodes have been as bad as the one where we had to take him to the hospital. She said it does not sound like he has reflux. It seems more that he's having problems clearing the spit-up he gets, which is normal for all babies. (The spit-up is normal.) So she doesn't want to put him on any medicine if he doesn't need it. So for now, we are not really looking at reflux anymore. But she said it may help if we reduce how much we feed him so he has less to spit-up, though it may mean feeding him more often, until he matures a little more and can handle more formula.
The pediatrician said that they will wait to hear from the pulmonologist to see what the results are from the data, but that she would be surprised if the pulmonologist wanted to take Josiah off the monitor. She said he tends to be more on the conservative side and will most likely keep him on for at least another couple of weeks, though it may not have to be constant monitoring... just to be sure. But she said that he will know more and explain more after looking at the data.
Other than that, Josiah is now 7 lbs 1 oz! What a little chunker! We are so grateful that our little monkey continues to grow. That's 11 oz he's put on in the last week! God has been so kind.
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