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    « A weight on my mind. And my hips. | Home | Ciao baby! »

    Failure to thrive: epilogue

    By ella | April 19, 2007

    I haven’t written much about my son Ben’s medical problems because they are his, not mine, and I am mindful of his future privacy. I have, however, been writing over the last year about my worries about him and my increasing sense of desperation as he continued to slip down the weight charts.

    So it with an incredible sense of relief and gratitude that today he was officially signed off by the hospital and turned back over to his doctor regarding his failure-to-thrive.

    My son is thriving. He was anyway, of course, in a personal sense but now he is physically thriving. Really thriving. And I couldn’t be more grateful.

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    19 Comments

    Comment by Olivia
    2007-04-19 18:54:38

    Oh ella I’m so pleased. So very pleased. Now go have a drink on me!

     
    Comment by Ellie
    2007-04-19 19:34:10

    This is wonderful news Ella. You must be so relieved. I am really glad to hear Ben is doing so well now.

     
    Comment by Smartie
    2007-04-19 20:46:15

    Great news! I love a happy ending.

     
    Comment by Sherry
    2007-04-19 21:54:47

    Yay!

     
    Comment by angelfeet (23 comments.)
    2007-04-19 22:22:26

    That’s such wonderful news.

     
    Comment by Whymommy (18 comments.)
    2007-04-19 22:34:45

    Hooray! What a blessing. Thanks for sharing this wonderful news with us. As I nurture my second son through his newborn days, I think often of your Ben and I’ve been worrying — and hoping for news like this.

    Hooray!

     
    Comment by Fiona G
    2007-04-19 22:45:43

    Fantastic, Ella. I can only imagine how worrying this has been for you.

     
    Comment by Eva
    2007-04-19 22:56:30

    Everyone’s said it already, but still - hooray!

     
    Comment by Cesca
    2007-04-20 02:41:25

    I’m so glad to hear it!

     
    Comment by Sally (24 comments.)
    2007-04-20 03:29:32

    I’m so happy for all of you and your family.

     
    Comment by Pippa
    2007-04-20 08:49:08

    Wonderful news, Ell.

     
    Comment by Lucy
    2007-04-20 09:37:28

    Hey Ella, glad to hear it was the news you hoped for.

     
    Comment by Janie
    2007-04-20 10:07:24

    Congratulations on the good news. I’m sure he’s going to be a strapping lad and you’ll wonder how he ever struggled in his first year!

     
    Comment by Hillary
    2007-04-20 10:21:53

    I haven’t commented here before but I’ve been following Ben’s progress as I also have a baby who is failing to thrive. I’m so pleased that he is doing well now and I’m hoping for similar news one day soon for my little girl.

     
    Comment by ella
    2007-04-20 11:03:53

    Hillary - I’m sorry to hear that your little girl is failing to thrive. I hope she starts doing well very soon.

     
    Comment by Jo
    2007-04-20 12:40:49

    I haven’t visited in ages [sorry] but when I read this I was very happy for you all.

     
    Comment by Katie
    2007-04-20 14:15:19

    Another one to add my comment to say what wonderful news.

    Did you ever find out what was the root cause of his failure to thrive?

     
    Comment by ella
    2007-04-20 18:51:38

    Katie - no we didn’t despite many visits to the hospital.

     
    Comment by Kristen (61 comments.)
    2007-04-24 02:21:56

    So happy to hear that, Ella!

     

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