Clara and Clinton

Clara and Bill Clinton now share a medical condition....acid reflux. A pediatric pulmonologist took a look at Clara's second round of x-rays after all the meds she was on didn't work. His assessment is that nothing is wrong with her lungs. His best guess is that she's suffering from reflux and the reflux is causing the oxygen dependency. So, they started her on antacid today. We need to talk to the pulmonologist in person to clarify everything, but what we think is happening is:

1) She doesn't have a serious medical issue with her lungs (thank God)

2) The reflux should be a transient condition that she outgrows

3) She'll still need to go home on oxygen and a pulse oximeter for what's looking like somewhere between 3-6 months (so, basically, wish us luck on leaving the house with two babies, an oxygen pack, and a monitor....pizza delivery here we come)

4) She's considered medically fragile at this point and we need to be really, really careful about keeping her healthy. A normal cold that any baby would get will send her to the hospital and be quite dangerous for her. So don't be offended if we let you hold Evelyn and not Clara. And please don't be offended if we ask you not to come over if you have a cold.

5) She may be able to come home as early as Friday. We're taking this news with some caution, as we are recovering from thinking she was coming home yesterday....best not to get overly excited until we're actually carrying her out of that place.

6) She'll start outpatient follow-up with the pulmonologist (probably weekly) after she comes home.

All in all, good news. Certainly we had hoped to avoid having a really fragile baby, but we're very relieved that her lungs look okay. Let's hope this reflux hypothesis pans out and we can fix everything.

Evelyn continues to do well at home. She's a very sweet, very laid back little girl. She had a big visit today with her boyfriend Anderson (Lexie's son) who is super cute and keeping his parents plenty busy.

Here are some new pictures:

Visiting Clara in the hospital

First bath at home

Hanging with the big brother

Sleeping on Dad

Most people show off the cute pictures...I prefer the goofy looking ones

Best picture ever

I happened to catch Evelyn looking like she was smiling

Aunt Mandy's visit

Take care,

Kris