Cardiologist check-up

Today we drove down to Primaries for Madeline's post operation check-up. She had a chest x-ray, ekg, blood pressure, and oxygen stats taken. We met with the nurse practitioner and two cardiologists. They said everything is looking great. They don't hear any murmurs, which is wonderful. We hope that that means any residual holes left are healing. They took out her last stitches (She gets to take baths again!!!!). And we are taking her off of her lasik (medicine to keep fluid out of her lungs). All really good signs on the road to recovery.

The only thing she didn't pass was her oxygen check. Her numbers lingered around 88-92 and they want them above 96/97 consistently. So we are still on oxygen, bummer I know. It is interesting to me that her numbers were above 96 (out of 100) before the surgery when she had a gaping hole in her heart and now that it is fixed her levels are lower? Crazy I know. They said it mostly had to do with her lungs adjusting to the new pressures and such.

But overall we are thrilled with her progress. She now gets to have tummy time again, take baths, and wear normal clothes (she was only in zip up pajamas for the past two weeks to avoid pulling clothes over her bandages)! We are excited for all three and look forward to getting rid of the oxygen sometime in the future hopefully soon.

Madie after her first real bath in a month, in a onesie, after tummy time, and playing with her favorite toy!

4 Month Check Up

Today we took Madeline out for the first time since coming up 2 weeks ago. It was quite the exciting trip. We went to the doctors. Madeline passes with flying colors! Her stiches are healing wonderfully and her heart sounds perfect! WooHoo! the surgery has put her a little behind developmentally wise such as sitting up and holding her head, especially since we can't do any physically therapy with her for 6 weeks. It will take a while to rebuild her strength but even so she is off to a good start. So here are the stats for my cute kid.

Madeline- 4 Months
Weight 11.5 lbs.- 54%
Height 22.5 in. -29%

Madeline was able to get the RSV shot finally! It is such a pain to gt qualified for this. It can do so much good for so many kids but insurances fight paying for it like crazy. The nurse was saying that even if we had a change of address or something you could be nixed. They look for the smallest thing to get you off of it. Why! I have mixed feelings about it because the only reason she is on it is because she is on oxygen. On the other hand I REALLY want her to get off of oxygen soon. For now I am just glad she get is. I am hoping this keeps her nice and healthy as she is healing from her surgery.