Baby Aven

Remember how we always said we didn't want Aven to grow up so fast? Maybe we shouldn't have wished that, because now it's coming true. Although I'm not superstitious, so I don't really think wishing it made it happen. Let me back up....

 Aven has always been a kid who loves to eat. And we always joke that she must have such a great metabolism because she never seems to gain weight. Who wouldn't love that, right? Our families seemed kind of concerned about it but we weren't, because she seemed happy and she was always eating so everything must be fine.

 Then we went to her 9 month check-up. And where she had been growing previously, she wasn't anymore. Her height hadn't changed from 6 months, and she had lost almost a pound and a half. This was concerning to everyone. Our doctor sent us to the lab have blood and urine taken to check on things and see if there was a problem. Meanwhile, he said to feed her more and scheduled us to come back in a month for a weight check.

 When her labs came back we got the call that something was wrong. They didn't know exactly what, but it was something metabolic. They were going to call a specialist at Seattle Children's Hospital and send us down. In the interest of time, I've left out a few unimportant details so far, and reading back over what I've written it seems sudden. That's how it felt in real life, too. All of a sudden we knew something was wrong with our baby but we didn't know what. Oh, and they also said that they were concerned that she's not trying to crawl yet and are sending her to physical therapy for that.

 Now we're just waiting for our appointment at Children's on Monday. I don't feel as scared as I did, having time to let it sink in now. I just want to find out what's going on and help her gain weight again.

 We'd appreciate prayers for her and her doctors, that we can figure out what's going on and help her get better.