Clinic visit for November

Olivia, Memaw, and I went to her normal clinic visit yesterday.

She was up to 26 lbs 13 oz. and 32.3 inches (88 % weight for length, I think). I have had her down to 120-180 ml at night only for overnight tube feedings. The docs were impressed that I had her down to that little. So the decision was made to trial her without the tube. YAY!!!!!! Now I hope it doesn't backfire and she goes on a feeding strike.

The bad news is that I have to take her back in a month to make sure she holding her ground. I could really use that 2 months that I'm use to in order to get her on track with eating like normal folks. I know she is going to lose some (possibly a lot) of weight now that we have pulled the tube at least until we get her adjusted. I don't think a month is a long enough time frame to make a judgement call on this. =/ But they weren't going to let us pull it unless we agreed to come back in a month. /sigh

I tried to get the nutritionist to tell me how much would be an acceptable loss if a loss did happen and she wouldn't give me any sort of figure. I asked her twice. =/ The only thing any of them really said was "don't stress about it". Yeah, right! *rolleyes*

Soccer Playoffs

Alexis and Eliana participated in AYSO U15 soccer playoffs today. Olivia spent the night with her Memaw last night and came back to her daddy before the older 2 and I made it back home.

We left at 6am and had a 2.5 hour drive to the playoff area. The girls and their team played a total of 4 games. Including their team, there were 5 teams in their age level; two of those teams were from our town. The girls' team had the following record:

1st game loss 3-1
2nd game win 3-0
3rd game win 3-1
4th game win 2-1 (this was against our other hometown team)

There was a scoring system based on whether the team won/loss/tied, how many goals over the other team, and whether or not it was a shut-out game. After all the scoring was done, the girls's team placed 2nd and the other hometown team placed 3rd.

The day itself was a bit chilly and misty/rainy, but the girls had a blast. They really enjoyed themselves. In fact, Alexis enjoyed herself enough that she is considering doing soccer again in the spring and she's not a sports person. LOL.

Our hometown also had 2 U11 teams play. Their age level had a total of 6 teams. Our teams took 1st and 3rd places. =)

We got back home around 8pm and were totally exhausted!