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**Final Update - July 14**

I took Drew in today and he weighed in at 12lbs. 15oz. The remaining tests came back and they all looked good. We did a urine analysis in office today and that came back and looked good too. So...at this point, we go back to being conservative; in other words, no more testing. We'll continue to feed him calorie dense foods, bring him back in two weeks, check his weight then and go from there. His 9 month visit is scheduled for late August.
Thank you to everyone who prayed for Drew, and even those of you who aren't of the praying sort, your well wishes and positive thinking helped keep all of us in good spirits. I am simply amazed at the outpouring of support. I never thought I'd get to be a part of such a great group of gals who I know are there for me every bit as much as I've tried to be there for them. Simply amazing...God bless. :)

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I took Drew in yesterday for a weight check. At his six month appointment, he was 13lbs.13oz. or in the less than 5th percentile. Yesterday, and after noticing some pea sized bumps under his skin on his neck and head, I thought it was best to go ahead and schedule a full appointment versus a weight check. It was a good thing. Our poor little guy dropped weight significantly in six weeks, weighing in at a scant 12lbs. 8.5oz. Doc recommended some blood work to see what's the cause. His bumps turned out to be swollen lymph nodes and he was a little out of sorts and under the weather over the weekend, so that's consistent. However, at this point we are waiting to hear back on the test results. He had three viles of blood taken (a *lot* for a baby!) and we have to bring in some 'samples' from home...hopefully, you can connect the dots on that one.

Anyway, please keep our little guy in your prayers that it's nothing serious. He is normal in every other respect. I think in an effort to show me how "normal" he really is, he made his first attempt at crawling up the stairs this morning. He went up three steps before I picked him up.

ETA (edited to add): Dr. Chang called around noon today and said that of the results that *have* come back, they all look normal. We are still waiting on a few more from the blood tests and the 'samples' we took in earlier today. Those should be 24-72 hours turnaround time. The 'samples' will be testing for lead (which is kinda scary, but related to losing weight) and malasorption, or his inability to retain the nutrients from his food. If nothing comes back conclusive or his weight doesn't improve with his weight check next week, we'll probably meet with a dietician and decide to do a urinalysis to test for a UTI. In the meantime, doc suggested putting him on three squares and two snacks/day, which isn't *usually* suggested until they are nine months old. He's doing great so far today and we're stuffing him as much as he is willing to eat. So I guess until next week, we'll just do our part to feed him and carbo load...thanks to the many prayers. :)

****Thursday, July 10****

**For those of you who have been keeping up, I call this video "it's come to this..."**
i bought *lots* of bananas {see Demitri Martin banana joke below; and you've never truly visited us if we haven't subjected you to the comedy stylings of Demitri Martin} for Drew to eat...I'm pretty sure they're calorie dense foods and lots and lots of cereal to mix with it, both rice and oatmeal. We're still waiting to hear back about the remaining tests, but I felt I owed everyone our personal update. Drew is in great spirits and laughing a lot and eating even more!

In this video, we gave Drew some Cool Whip to play with (we had fresh raspberries with Cool Whip - extra creamy courtesy of Ashley - for dessert). The goal was that he'd eventually get some in his mouth to eat, but he found playing with it to be just as fun. He's sporting his November 2007 BBC babies shirt.

Demitri Martin joke:
"I feel stupid when I write the word banana. Its like, how many na's are on this thing? 'Cause I'm like 'Bana ... keep going. Bananana ... damn.'

Click here to hear more by Demitri, but only if you want to laugh...lol.