Ice cream x2!

Thursday night after work we stopped by Steak n Shake for dinner.  Ains was thrilled to get her own shake after dinner!

Today we took Ainsley for her appointment with the Genetic doctor.  A couple of Ainsley's specialist doctors recommend an appointment with a Genetic doctor since she has a few conditions that are across different systems--thyroid, hearing, low tone, etc.  The child life specialists at the hospital are great--they brought Ainsley some toys to play with!

We were at the hospital for about 3 hours total for the appointment--so we were thankful for the toys!

They had fish hanging from the ceiling that Ainsley liked to play with!  The two genetic doctors we met with today were great--they were more thorough than we had expected.  They explained that their job was to look at the big picture and connect the dots--"kind of like that doctor show House" the doctor said (although he had never seen it). I had to laugh because it felt just like House.  They took Ainsley's picture because they conference every Friday--so next Friday they will present Ainsley's case to the Genetics doctors and all four of them will discuss the findings to make sure they are thinking of all possibilities.  We'll be saying some prayers next Friday that when it is Ainsley's turn for her review they take extra time and care to see our sweet girl as a precious gift and not just another "case".

They did a full exam and said Ainsley looked great!  They ordered 5 blood tests (which we got done today) and we decided to move forward with the genetic testing (we should find out those results in 6-8 weeks).  They also wanted to do an EKG of her heart and an ultrasound of her kidneys--since she has some hearing loss they want to rule out any concerns with the heart or kidneys since those organs develop at the same time in the womb as the hearing.  

We were able to get all of the blood work and the EKG done today.  The ultrasound will be on Wednesday, March 6.  

Ainsley had to give a lot of blood today--so Ryan went to get her a cookie and juice while I took her to give blood and the EKG.  It was a good plan--because she went from mad to happy as soon as she got a little chocolate in her! 

We took Ainsley home to nap and then out for a nice dinner--she was eating lemons here.  They were really sour, so she was making some funny faces!

I took this picture today before we got on the elevators.  Ainsley always says "woow" when she rides the elevator.  She thinks they are so fun!

We finished the night with more ice cream (I know two ice creams in two days)!  I have a firm believe that if you have to have lots of tests, you get to eat whatever sounds good to you for the day.  So baby girl lived it up tonight!