What a difference a year makes . . .

I was looking back at our blog from last year and came across the following post:

Many of you know of the uphill battles we've faced with Alli and gaining weight. She's always been a little peanut but growing fine until last Fall when she got repeated ear infections. She lost weight and we've been struggling ever since to get her to eat and gain. We've been working with a team of specialists to address her low weight and had another meeting today. In the past, the main advice we were given was to "relax" and things will get better. Well, in the last month, we've tried to do that and thought it was working. We could not have been more wrong. Since her 1 year appointment on Feb. 4th, Alli has LOST 5 oz. We thought for sure that she would be at least 18 lbs, but nope, she was less than she was 3.5 weeks ago. I think the most frustrating part was they gave us absolutely no advice ~ just said that we're doing everything right. Apparently NOT or she would not be losing weight!!! I feel so helpless. My one job as a parent (aside from loving her with my whole heart) is to feed her so she can grow and I'm failing miserably at that basic job. I have gotten as creative as I can and I am out of ideas ~ what do you do with a child that just won't eat enough?
Posted on Fisher Family Updates 2.29.08 http://garrettandnikkifisher.spaces.live.com

So much has changed in a year. Not long after that post, we met Dr. Duro, a GI attending at Boston Children's Hospital. She gave us hope and a solution. Now, a year later, the little girl who was previously diagnosed failure to thrive, refusing to eat and off the weight charts is 25 lbs 7 oz (2oth percentile!!!) and 36.75 inches (90th percentile!!!). We went to see Dr. D (as Alli refers to him) for a growth check today and she is staying on her weight curve but exploding on height. She's tall and skinny just like her daddy :) What a little trooper she was. She loves Dr. D but usually cries once he comes in the room ~ not today. Nope, today she kept asking the nurse when Dr. D was coming and when he did come in, she smiled and chatted up a storm ~ he was very impressed. She got one shot today and while she didn't like it (who does?) she cried for only a moment then gave everyone a good chuckle when she walked out and asked the nurse for a sucker and stickers :) Life was good.