First Doctor Appointment!

Today we went to see our pediatrician who has been wonderful with all of our kids. He sees a lot of adopted kids so he is experienced and knows what to expect. Thankful he has walked this road with us and helped us make an informed decision-even though there are always lots of unknowns based on the limited into/photos you get in a referral sometimes. She totally feels like ours! Cant imagine her not being a Pereira.
We spent a good 2 hours there and got her looked over from head to toe. He answered a lot of my questions I had about her-from what to feed her, to constipation, to her joints popping, and her sweating!
She is like a 6 month old on growth chart in an 18 month old body. She has"severe delays"in development but I know we can catch up! We will be going to therapists for occupational therapy, speech therapy, and physical therapy and thankfully there are lots of good resources out there and suggestions he had! We had 5 vaccines yesterday and attempted to get 6 viles of blood (but only were able to get 2). Her veins are super small and you cant see them at all-nurses were so sweet. We will go down to Vanderbilt Children's today and try and get all her blood we need so he can run all the tests he wants to run. Pray for mama-whew! So hard to see them screaming so loud and getting poked and prodded! They sometimes go into their head vein-i am not a needles person either! Her kidney ultrasound is scheduled for Friday am. Dr. White had already lined up appts with specialists. We will have an echocardiogram, see the ear specialist, plastic surgeon, etc, We will know more about her overall health once we get all the data back. I look forward to learning exactly how to work with her on her gaining strength. She is already holding her head up better. She has extreme "laxity of the joints" so hopefully wtih the vitamins we are starting and pediasure we are pumping her with/exercises we are doing with her she will gain strength quickly. We continue to covet your prayers and we are thankful for all the amazing medical professionals here in our backyard!