Alli Update

Alli had her follow-up cardiologist appointment today. She was seen by the doctor who read her initial echocardiogram in the hospital. For those who haven't heard, she was diagnosed with a heart murmer and they found a VSD (congenital defect in the septum that separates the right and left ventricles). Since she was not having symptoms, they were not really concerned, but wanted the follow-up to be sure.

We started with a weight and measurement check. So far Alli has grown an inch and is up to 20 inches. Her weight came in at 7 pounds, 12 oz...up from her last check at 6 pounds, 13 oz a week ago. They also tried to do an EKG, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation test, but Alli wanted nothing to do with those and fought the tech the who time.

Dr. Steinberg came in and examined her...listened to her heart and thought it would be good to repeat the echo. After the examination, he said that everything looked great! She actually had two VSD's on the initial echo, but he couldn't find one of them today and the other was so small, he couldn't hear in on exam. He said that she should not have any problems in the future and certainly no restrictions with activity or sports in the future (made daddy happy!). Things looked so good that he gave us the option of not coming back in the future since everything looked so good. We may go back at the one year mark, but we'll see.

As you can imagine, this is relief for Megan and I...not that we were all that concerned, but its nice to get the all ok from the doc. Its especially nice to hear that she has no restrictions as she grows.

I'm back to work now and trying to adjust to full days...so far I've done pretty well, but we'll see how things go toward the end of the week. Megan is doing well thus far at home with the two kids. Ethan has been great with his new sister - always wanting to be involved helping (watching) us change her diaper. He has even started giving her some kisses on the head at bedtime. I think we'd both say we're pretty lucky to be blessed with the two children we have.

Well, that's it for now. Promise to post more pictures in the next day or so.

Scott