July CF Clinic visit

Well this visit didn't go so well. At least it was quick. Olivia weighed in at 6.94 kg (15.3 lbs) and they had her at 69 cm (27 in). Going by that it put her BMI at 6% which was down from her previous 12% and they want her at least to 50% BMI. However, I know they have her length/height wrong because we measured her last night and she is closer to 26.5 inches not 27. If you go by that then she is at 10% BMI, which would still be down but not as much as they are saying.

In all but one of the previous clinic visits we had always seen the nurse practitioner, but she is no longer with them. Today's visit was with one of the head doctors. She wanted us back in a month instead of two months. According to her we should have never been on the two month schedule and should have been on the one month schedule. Anything below the 50% BMI is considered "in the red" to them. Once 50% BMI is reached it is considered "in the yellow" and then you can go to every two month visits.

I think the nurse practitioner understood more of the fiscal abilities of parenting and that being away from your business constantly causes loss of income. And loss of income means we might not be able to pay you thus the NP had us at every 2 months as long as Olivia was gaining BMI consistently. Hubby was not pleased with the going back to every month. It doesn't help when he asks question and the explanations tend to amount to "just because" instead of giving him detailed explanations. I think they assume that we are simpletons and it would just be too hard to explain. I can almost bet his IQ is higher than about half the doctors up there. LOL. You add to that the fact that he has a techie/engineer type mind and you best be giving full-detailed logical explanations.

We didn't see the nutritionist. I'm not sure if we were suppose to or not. I think the doc was a little perturbed by the time hubs got through asking questions and making his point. She gave us a discharge paper and left the room without saying if anyone else was coming in or not. We asked on of the nurses or techs in the hall if we were done and she didn't know for sure so we ended up going to the front desk and getting our next appointment and leaving. *shrug*

I also think the doc was a little out of touch with reality. Her suggestion for helping get the second CPT in for the day was for one of us to read to Olivia while the other does the CPT. Um, I don't know many 10 month olds that will sit still for a 15-30 minute book being read to them any more than them sitting still for CPT otherwise. *rolleyes* I already use what distractions I can with her. *duh*

Girl Scout Camp for the older girls

Alexis and Eliana got to go to Girl Scout residential camp for 3 days at the beginning of this week. They seemed to have a really good time. I'm so glad we were able to get a discount this year and they were able to go. It is good for them to get out with their "mommy". Even though they were at the same campgrounds, they were in different age groups so they got so time away from each other too.

Ellie got to do archery which she hasn't done before. Both girls got to do canoeing which we have done once as a family, but it is different when you do it with other girls your age.

We plan on going troop camping in the fall sometime. Hopefully they will get to ride the horses then.