Mon, 11 Aug 2008

Carson Update 8/11/2008

Today we took Carson in for his "barium swallow" session where they confirmed that food tends to stay in his esophagus, and that there is a bit of reflux. Now that we know it, we can just keep him in a vertical orientation after feedings which should reduce his fussiness, and continue to give him the Prevacid which will keep whatever reflux that comes up from irritating his throat (since it will contain less stomach acid).

The session wasn't without drama, however. First, to administer the barium (which is administered specifically because it's a heavy metal, liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water) we had to strap Carson down. This, naturally, distresses babies, so Christine and I continued to try to comfort him while they took the x-rays to see the swallowing action (the dense barium comes across as less luminous) so you can see how "food" enters the stomach.

So, what's left at this point is fine tweaking of his diet. Since it's looking less likely that he had a reaction to the cow's milk, we can change his formula from the relatively viscous soy formula to a rice starch, or RS formula. This stuff is a little bit thicker, and Christine and I figure that thicker stuff will stay down better, particularly if we're careful to keep him upright after feedings, and continue to use Prevacid to reduce the amount of stomach acid.

We have another appointment at Children's tomorrow with the lactation consultant, to help us determine next steps as far as feedings go.

Before he was born, I had the anxiety of a parent-to-be that presumed that there would be times when the baby would be inconsolable. And there are those times, but it's those times when we're forcing barium down his throat or having him circumcised. I wish I could say that these moments don't bug me, but they do, and the only thing that helps get through it is the knowledge that we're doing it with his best interest in mind.

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Exif Feature Added

I've added an exif feature, as you can see from the previous blog entry.

What this means for readers is that I can automagically include EXIF data (data that cameras encode into a jpg about how it was taken) for specific images by using a custom tag when I'm creating blog entries.

What this means for blosxom users who read my blog (just Rus, I presume) is that if you want to take advantage of this, I have a plugin for you, called add_exif.

If you don't use blosxom, and want a similar feature for your blog, and are reasonably comfortable with perl scripts, go ahead and take a look at the plugin... It wouldn't be hard to make an SSI out of it.

To see it in action, scroll down and observe what the image looks like below without a mouseover, and what happens when you mouse over it.

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rus -http://rus.berrett.org/blog/- writes: oooo... very nice!

great work, nicely done!



Testing New Blog Feature

I'm testing a new feature I'm building that will automatically add EXIF data to images I load into my blog.
This is a test:


File name : blog_images/4th.jpg File size : 87351 bytes File date : 2008:07:04 23:18:46 Camera make : Canon Camera model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi Date/Time : 2008:07:04 22:19:44 Resolution : 470 x 706 Flash used : No Focal length : 67.0mm Exposure time: 5.000 s Aperture : f/10.0 ISO equiv. : 100 Exposure : Manual

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