February 2010

We were finally squeezed into International Adoption Clinic at CHEO to have Reuben checked. Overall, he's doing well. As per his bloodwork, nothing serious was found. He is low in Vitamin D and Iron (but not anything significant). They did find some lead in his system, but it's not accumulative. They did a urine and TB test and we will go back Thursday to get the results confirmed. As well, it was recommended that we up his calorie and fat intake (in other words, they said butter and cream....hmmm, go figure, the two things I'm trying to avoid), and will refer us to a dietitician. They charted his weight and he's on a good curve, albeit still under the American averages. If they go by his weight as to when we received our little boy and compare it to today, they said that he's actually slightly over the curve so hopefully they will continue to see this improvement at the next check up, scheduled 3 months from now. They found that his speech is delayed but felt it was due to the age that we picked him up and lack of stimulation. His head and face are all proportioned to his body and they found his lungs to be clear. We have to return with a 3 day stool sample....uuuhhh, nasty, as well as to provide all medical background information within our records. Due to Reuben's lack of history, they suggested a Genealogist which will likely do a blood test and review the chromosomes. Sounds interesting, and as much as it may answer some of our questions, I must admit, I have some hesitatancy. Maybe, fear of the unknown, not sure. Well, our little man is starting to learn more words and has added "hat" and "out" to his his list. Coincidentally, I believe he learned "out" from Portia, who continually orders him out of her bedroom. Too funny!!