I was cleaning out my hard drive today and found these three photos of Dave. One you'll notice from the Christmas card. They were taken in order from Left-Right:Age, turned 4 on September 13th.
Left Dave - July, shirt size 2-3T
Middle Dave - September, shirt size 2T, short size 2-3T
We have only bought 2 pairs of 4T pants in the last 18 months and they had to be cinched with a belt to fit.
Right Dave - January, shirt size 5 BOYS (bigger than 5T) and pant size 5 Boys. He now measures in the 50% for weight, and 65% for height. This is the largest margin he's ever had since birth, with the exception of 75% height when he was 12 months old.
Since he's been on insulin he's gained 7 lbs, putting him right at 40 lbs, which means he can graduate from a car seat to a booster seat.
He has grown 5" totaling 42" in hieght, which means by his birthday, maybe, he'll be tall enough to ride the big rides at Disneyland (48"), which means we better get saving our cash.
And he's a much happier boy (except when he has to have injections, but he's trying his best).
I feel so stupid that I didn't notice the signs sooner, or didn't trust my motherly instinct and request to have him tested sooner. I've been considering it since the end of the summer, but didn't pursue my suspicions until it was almost too late. Thanks to everyone who helped out in December with flowers, notes, phone calls and just being supportive. We have such a great family and I wanted to thank everyone for all of their love.
4 comments:
What a great looking boy! I'm so glad you're all doing as well as you are. Great job Adrienne! Every time I see David I think of Jessica and David playing on the trampoline. David was jumping around on the trampoline. Then Jessica came on and said "Want to see what I can do?" Jessica said cute little David stepped back and said, "Show me whatcha got!" she still talks about how cute it was. Take care!
Lookin'good! Sometimes learning to trust our instincts is a long, hard road. I wonder if I'll get there before this life is over? It's so hard to tell when they're too young to give you much information, and it's hard to know what's "normal" in a life that grows and changes so much. Anyway, a definite case of "all's well that ends well"! Well done, and thanks for sharing!
How are you feeling? How's the pregnancy coming? Take care!
love,
Susie
Robert was 5 1/2 and in kindergarten at onset of diabetes and weighed 44 pounds. After becoming insulin dependent, he very quickly gained 8 pounds and before long was wearing 6X huskies. He's in great shape now and very healthy 30 years later. It never entered my head to have him checked for diabetes. Not until he was in ketoacidosis and throwing up and had a blood sugar level of 850. Even then I didn't have him checked for diabetes, I just had him checked for anything since I was in the hospital having a baby and my ob-gyn came in and asked what was wrong with me and I said "I'm just worried about my boy at home," and he called Hugh and had him bring Robert right over to the hospital that afternoon for a blood test. Then we still waited two more days for the lab results to come back. When the report got to the hands of the Endocrinologist she called me and said, "Mrs. Yancey, I don't mean to alarm you but I just wouldn't be practicing good medicine if we didn't have Robert in the hospital in the next 30 minutes." How was I supposed to know stuff like that. . . .
Hang tough. You're doing great and David looks awesome. Love, Aunt Sharon
I was just going to leave a comment, but what can one post after the post and comment of great mothers like these - Adrianne, Laura A. Susan, and Sharon!
I remember those days with Robert, and they bring me to tears every time - as did David's diagnosis. This is Livin', and we will all be richer for the experiences.
xoxo Aunt Carolyn
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