Confessions of a Premature Drama Queen

Well, not really but for a couple of days this week while I’m between jobs I am. It’s a lot harder than you imagine. Haley doesn’t sleep too much during the day so you have to keep her entertained or she lets you know she’s bored. It’s pretty tough to keep her focused so we spend most of the day walking around looking at stuff.

Nichole’s mom is coming a couple of days though so I can get some things done like get my car fixed and try the FREX to see if that works out for the commute to Denver.

Haley is doing well and is probably about 9 lbs or so. It’s hard to believe she’s almost five months old.

I sent this from my iPhone on a bus going 75 MPH. I love technology.

One of the acidemias listed is not real, but Haley doesn’t have any of them. This post was actually started back on April 28th, but I didn’t want to post anything about it till we knew for sure. When a baby is born they check for certain treatable diseases. Things like sickle cell anemia and PKU. When Haley had her first one done, it showed that she may have Isovaleric Acidemia, but was later revised to possible Gluteric Acidemia. They are both genetic disorders that cause people to lack certain enzymes which in turn prohibit them from fully processing certain proteins and amino acids.  Her follow-up check was normal, but they needed to be sure. We wouldn’t know for sure until they sequenced her genes and checked. In order to sequence her genes, they wanted to take 2 ml of blood. I know it doesn’t sound like a lot, but on April 28th, it was somewhere between 5% and 10% of her total blood volume. So they waited to take the blood until a couple of days before she went home. So 2 months later we get the results back and she for sure does not have any variety of acidemia. So yay!

As far as other updates are concerned, Haley is doing just super. She’s about 8 lbs, and is bright eyed and bushy tailed for couple hours a day. She loves to look at ceiling fans and is a regular poop machine. Nichole started back to work a week ago and she really misses Haley during the day. We’re both tired, but at least the Olympics are on at 3:00 in the morning so we have something to watch when Haley is eating.

By the way, beardic acidemia is not a genetic problem, but a social intolerance of bearded people.