Ricky update

Well, how about a long overdue update on Ricky? I've been going a little crazy at home and just haven't had time to update.

Last week I took Ricky to the audiologist for an evaluation of his hearing. With all the dizziness he's been having, there is a possibility that he has vestibular damage. The audiology tests would be able to determine the possibility of some, but not all, types of vestibular damage.

The tests he had that day were fine. The audiologist strongly recommended that I take Ricky to see the ENT and the neurologist to rule out other problems. I have already made the ENT appointment for March 9 and I'm working out a referral to a new neurologist (Ricky's doesn't take his new insurance) and I'll get him an appointment for that as soon as possible.

This week, Ricky had a follow-up appointment with the endocrinology clinic to follow up on his slow growth. His growth curve is still dipping with no good explanation (he is not sick enough from his CF to cause this, for one thing) and his hormone and other blood levels are borderline low. The decision was made to do a bone age scan of his hand to see how his bone age compares to his growth. We should have that information soon. And then the plan will be to wait another 4 months and go back in to see how his growth has progressed.

Did I mention we had a two hour wait for the x-ray to be done? Yeah. And then the x-ray took all of 30 seconds! It was a good thing that Misty wasn't with us because she would have been going crazy!

Ricky had been feeling poorly the past few days, so I managed to get him into the CF clinic after the x-ray. It turned out that he is fine... His spirometry was stellar and his lungs sounded clean. "Just" reactive airways. Well that's a relief!