Exactly 4 years ago today we meet a wonderful doctor. We were told Courtney had CF and Dr. Noel entered our lives.
As most of you know Courtney has not been taking her meds like she should be. I told her she was going to have to tell the doctor that today.
He was quite unpleased when he plotted her height and weight on the growth chart today. She is 5 feet 3 1/2 inches tall and has dropped to 82 pounds. She is not even on the chart anymore. She is WAY below the 5th percentile. When he asked why she said "I have not been taking my meds".
He said.......there are two possible reasons you are not taking your meds....
1. You want to be model thin, or
2. You are being a stupid teenage.
She started to cry and he rolled his chair right up to her. He said "you are quite lucky the CF has only affected your digestive system at this point. If you let your nutrition go, your immune system will get down and you will start having problems with your lungs". He then gave her some ideas of how to remember to take her pills. He also told her no one is perfect, but she HAS to take care of herself.
I stayed VERY quiet through all of this. I wanted her to hear it from the doc.
Dr. Noel is such a wonderful man! He was stern with her, but also let her know that we all make mistakes.
Since he is not pleased with her progress she had to have a lot of bloodwork done and she will have to have another ultrasound on her gallbladder. He wants to see her again in 3 months instead of 6.
Keep you fingers crossed that him talking to her will make a difference and she will start taking her health into her own hands!!!
Seana
As most of you know Courtney has not been taking her meds like she should be. I told her she was going to have to tell the doctor that today.
He was quite unpleased when he plotted her height and weight on the growth chart today. She is 5 feet 3 1/2 inches tall and has dropped to 82 pounds. She is not even on the chart anymore. She is WAY below the 5th percentile. When he asked why she said "I have not been taking my meds".
He said.......there are two possible reasons you are not taking your meds....
1. You want to be model thin, or
2. You are being a stupid teenage.
She started to cry and he rolled his chair right up to her. He said "you are quite lucky the CF has only affected your digestive system at this point. If you let your nutrition go, your immune system will get down and you will start having problems with your lungs". He then gave her some ideas of how to remember to take her pills. He also told her no one is perfect, but she HAS to take care of herself.
I stayed VERY quiet through all of this. I wanted her to hear it from the doc.
Dr. Noel is such a wonderful man! He was stern with her, but also let her know that we all make mistakes.
Since he is not pleased with her progress she had to have a lot of bloodwork done and she will have to have another ultrasound on her gallbladder. He wants to see her again in 3 months instead of 6.
Keep you fingers crossed that him talking to her will make a difference and she will start taking her health into her own hands!!!
Seana