For some reason, there appear to be a huge number of hospitals and Drs here in Jalandhar which is convenient. When I first met Sofi, she was small for her age and in the bottom 10th percentile at 5-6 kgs when 11 months old. Because there are so many unknown and varied reasons for kids arriving here, their medical conditions are unknown, but it is common for them to have some type of illness. When I arrived, another baby, Vinakshi, who was just a few months old, had recently arrived with a severe and chronic chest infection. Sofi caught it. It was about 2 months of constant Dr visits and medications, antibiotics, supplements, and injections before Sofi was rid of this. It was a real worry for me. Soon after that, she caught a viral eye infection. When Sofi was found, her left eye was swollen shut and she again had problems in that eye. Again, thanks to the good Drs here, she was on 4 different types of eye drops for about 6 weeks and this too cleared up. But then it seemed she had conjunctivitis, and instead we realized she has a blocked tear duct in her right eye and so today, she had a little saline solution surgical flush procedure to puncture it as it should be, and hopefully she will now be fine. In the mean time, she is no longer in the bottom 10%. Sofi is now a healthy 9.5 kgs. She also has been going through the pains of teething and has gone from having 6 teeth when I met her to a set of 12 sharp teeth. She likes to feed herself so mealtimes are pretty much still a big mess.
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