3 months

In May, Brent was admitted to Jersey Shore Medical Center after a visit to the ER. I thought he was breathing weird and wheezing so they wanted to do some tests. He had retraction breathing and whistling-not wheezing. The barium swallow test confirmed he had acid reflux but it wasn't going into his lungs. So after day 2, the docs think his symptoms are from reflux and should go away with the reflux. They upped his meds and sent us home.

So, to help the reflux, Brent's GI doc suggested adding rice to his formula. Well, I'm not completely sure that the rice really helped but he gained 4 pounds in 3 weeks! I couldn't believe it.

Brent started with Early Intervention this month. The physical therapist was really impressed with his full range of movement and coordination. He is making all the baby milestones and not 6 weeks behind from being premature. He started smiling at 2 months and can almost keep his head up. Next month he's supposed to start laughing and I can't wait.
We went to CHOP this past Wednesday for a video dynamics test to see if Brent was refluxing in his kidneys. Nope! Everything was fine. His bladder contracted normally and his sphincter muscle relaxed when he peed. The doc said that he might have an overactive bladder but it was nothing to be concerned about. I'm hopeful he won't need a catheter ever!

So at 3 1/2 months and 13.11 pounds, Brent is a normal baby. He really has no Spina Bifida symptoms. I know that nothing can be predicted now but I believe Brent is the best case scenario. I'm so happy we did the surgery as early as we did because I think it really gave him an advantage and more time to "fix" himself. He's growing like a weed and perfectly perfect.

The first pic is at the hospital..you can see the chubbiness in action :)