Friday morning we went to see Dr. Holmes in Neosho. He thought Tennyson looked great and he weighed in at 9 lbs. 4 ounces. They measured Tennyson in retrospect to where he should be compared to other children his age and their lowest measurement is less than 3%. For our weight and length we were in the less than 3% percentile and for our head circumference we were at 3%. We also discussed how much Tennyson eats, how well he's digesting and how his stomach does following eating. Dr. Holmes recommended we go to part breastfeeding, partial formula, and the formula is to be soy formula as he's guessing his digestive issues are related to an inability to digest milk as well as he should.
He also found a hernia which we are watching closely and will monitor changes in, we pray it will take care of itself and resolve however it's possible surgery will take place at a later date. Dr. Holmes also discussed introducing cereal into Tennyson's diet and we are to begin that on January 21. If he just spits it out, we will give him another couple weeks and try again however Dr. Holmes thinks he'll be ready for it at that time.
Friday evening my parents, Ryan, Stephanie and Chase made their way to Joplin to begin our Christmas celebrations. Kelsey and Gary joined us Saturday morning and we spent the weekend, enjoying each others company and congratulating Kelsey, who graduated from Vaterott's cosmetology program last Wednesday. She also received high recommendations from her professors and was offered a position in a new salon in downtown St. Joseph that the campus director at Vaterott is opening.
We had a great time hanging out as a family, enjoying each others company and catching up on one anothers lives. Sorry I can't find the camera cable however when I do I will add pictures, they're precious. They all headed home on Sunday afternoon.
Monday morning the home health nurse came and did her check-up on Tennyson, he weighed 9lbs. 7.5 ounces and is doing great, he was satting 100% and has been without his oxygen for over a week.
Travis, Tennyson and I spent Monday and Tuesday together just laughing and reflecting on the year and all that's happened, I can't believe how far we've come and how much we've experienced, God has sure blessed us beyond what we deserve. The Christmas debacle that I have to tell you about is Tennyson bought Travis a set of golf clubs, they are really introductory and I got a great deal on them. I couldn't believe how inexpensive they were. I found out why however on Christmas Eve when Travis opened them and they were for a left handed individual. Silly me, who would have known you had to think about that sort of thing...
Christmas morning around 3:30 am the doorbell rang, granted we were awake as Tennyson had just woke up and guess who Santa had delivered, Ted, Connie and Trudy. They had come to drop Trudy off until Thursday when everyone else would join us for the Myers' Christmas.
Please be in prayer for my cousin Drew and his wife Melissa, they delivered their first born son, Eli Andrew Cameron Friday evening, Dec. 21 and there were some complications, including Eli experiencing a staff infection around his umbilical cord. He was transferred to Children's Mercy in Kansas City on Tuesday, Dec. 26 and is doing better but still fighting at this point. They are doing a spinal tap tomorrow to test for miningitis. I will post more as I know it.
We pray you all had a great Christmas and were able not only to reflect upon but to celebrate the reason we praise.
Love you all-Travis, Lindsay & Tennyson Myers
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