We had another checkup yesterday. It was pretty routine and very quick. Everything went fairly well. They were happy with her weight gain, but are concerned about her growth. Her percentile has steadily been falling over the last year. She just isn't growing as fast as she should. She's only in the 4th percentile now and was probably a whopping 10-15 % last year. :) They were concerned enough that they ordered a x-ray to check her bone age at her growth plate. We haven't heard back yet, so we'll see what they say. Hopefully she's just slower and will have a growth spurt, but considering that her dad had similar issues, I'm not so sure.
We were out of there in record time, just over an hour. She looked so good in all areas besides her height that there wasn't much to talk about.
On the way home they ended up calling us and told us they were ordering us a glucometer and want us to check her blood sugar once a month for a about a week at a time. Before eating and two hours after all meals. Her blood sugar levels must have been more concerning than they originally told us from her last glucose testing in January. We are supposed to call if her levels go below or above a certain point. It's starting to make me a little nervous. We really need her to stop eating so many Carbohydrates, but unfortunately that's about all we can get her to eat at all so it's a lose-lose either way. I have been trying to add more protein into her diet when she does eat carbs to at least balance it out a bit.
We'll have to see what happens.
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