Emily had her first follow-up with the cardiologist today. After a 20 minute wait, beyond my appointment time (never mind that I got there 10 minutes early), and after an EKG and an echo and blood pressure taken on all four limbs and her oxygen saturation level checked, we found out that Emily is doing wonderfully. She weighs 10 pounds 6.5 ounces and is 21 inches long. Her ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) is about half the size it was when it was first discovered. We go back in 6 months and the doc expects it to be gone. Completely closed. From a cardiology standpoint, she's a normal baby and we should treat her as such. The best news of the day was that we should NOT have to go through a second RSV season of Synagis and quarantine! HOORAY! It was hard driving into that parking garage. The doc's office is in the building at the hospital where Emily spent the first 7 weeks of her life. I pulled into the garage today around the same time I did every day when she was in the NICU. I know she was in the car with me and we were only visiting but it made all those memories come rushing back. I had forgotten how it felt, or had pushed it all out of my mind anyways.
Megan is starting to act out for attention. Such a wonderful little girl ... who climbs up on the sofa while I'm feeding Emily and grabs a hunk of my hair and refuses to let go. I have pulled her hair back and smacked her hand and gotten visibly angry with her .. and she just laughs and laughs and laughs. She'll be plucking legs off spiders and wings off butterflies before we know it. OK, I'm kidding about that, she's still a wonderful little girl and I'm lucky to spend my days with her ... but she does whatever necessary to get my attention when the baby is around. I have to sit on the coffee table or in a chair out of her reach to feed Emily, or just give up a hunk of hair.
Other than the updates on my two little chickadees I have nothing else to report. We have a long list of projects to get done before this quarantine period runs out. Once May arrives James will be lucky to keep me at home on the weekends! Our Easter was good, even with the rain. We didn't do an egg hunt for Megan but she did get a basket from Grammy and some stuff from the EB. We just gave her all the eggs we had wanted to hide since we couldn't go outdoors. She pretty much just rolled around in them for about 30 minutes. Now they're forgotten but it was fun Sunday morning. We had the grandmas over for lunch on Sunday and we ate way too much, as usual. Ham, green beans, macaroni and cheese, German potato salad, and rolls. Then there was all the candy and cookies from Grammy. And the wine. mmmm vino. in the middle of the day.
I'll post some pics when I get them uploaded. Might be a while. I'm trying to decide between food or nap for the last 30 minutes of Megan's nap. So tired. but so hungry ... hmmmm
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Not to be a bummer, but Keaton has been living with his VSD for 6 years now. We were told it would close on his own, but we are still waiting. He is still a normal active child. Maybe an ASD is different than a VSD, but just thought I would share. It is disappointing going for the cardio check up only to be told it is still there....come back next year.
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