Improvement and Worry

Peter seems to be doing better. He still sleeps more than the other kids seemed to, about 20 hours a day. When he is awake and alert he is adorable and beautiful. Starting to smile more than he used to.

It seems less likely that he had a congenital CMV infection. Right now the labs are uncertain. He had a positive urine culture for CMV at about 5 weeks, and shortly thereafter his IgM was 0 and IgG was 2.2 This is weird for a lot of reasons, but the absence of severe clinical symptoms and timing of the splenomegaly makes it seem like it was not a congenital infection.

Nonetheless, both Sharon and I sometimes get worried.

Peter, if you only knew how many hours and hours your mother has spent worrying over you. She literally spends hours and hours of every day worrying how you are doing, hoping you don't have permanent hearing or eye damage, and just wishing and wishing everything will be OK. Both of us love you so much.

One of our favorite things to do is occasionally make a loud noise while you sleep to see if it startles you. When you jerk and start crying we are made so happy because it means you are healthy. We love you and hope all is well.

Fussy

Peter is getting much more fussy than he used to be. Sharon is getting rid of all the dairy in her diet to see if it will help. She made lots and lots of freezer meals before she had Peter, but it turns out that almost every meal has cheese in it. This means all the hard work and preparation that Sharon put in to making meals before the baby came was somewhat in vain! I hope someday you appreciate how much your mother loves you, Peter!

But we are just so glad that you seem healthy. You gave us a scare, and we're not out of the water yet. It would be very difficult for both of us if something happened to you!