Visit to our GP

We went to see Dr. W today. She's been my GP since I was first pregnant with Jesse, and has been Jesse's GP since he was born. She hadn't received the assessment from the Janeway yet. That's a little frustrating. So I had to fill her in myself. Then I told her of my suspicions regarding food and Jesse's gastrointestinal issues. So she gave me a requisition to have Jesse's celiac screening redone, as well as a bunch of other labs. There are very few things that were left unchecked on the requisition. Obviously a finger prick isn't going to suffice for this. I so hate putting Jesse through bloodwork. It's never nice and ALWAYS results in tears. And I just feel like such a horrible mom for doing that to him. I'm going to wait to do the blood work another day though. I just wasn't up for it this morning.

I also asked for a referral to Clinical Nutrition at the Janeway for Jesse. We saw them before when Jesse was an infant and having what we thought were "allergy issues." They seemed very uneducated regarding breastfed infants (telling me he should have 3-4 8 oz feeds per day in addition to solid food....WTF?). I wasn't impressed then (obviously), but hopefully they'll be better now. Regardless of the results of the celiac screen, we're going to give the gluten free casein free diet a whirl. As long as we're able to provide Jesse with a balanced diet, it's not going to hurt. And it has the potential to help. Many parents say the GFCF diet has done wonderful things for their kids, so we're definitely willing to give it a go.

I'm also waiting on the private speech therapist to call me back. Jesse's former speech therapist only works afternoons, and Jesse will need morning appointments, since that is when he is at his best, and he does tend to nap all afternoon, so scheduling would be an issue there. So we get a new speech therapist. Apparently they're booking well into March already though. It's better than waiting for the Janeway speech therapist though, I guess. We're still wait listed til March.

So that's about it for now, I guess. Nothing overly exciting...