Wednesday, October 31

latest cardiology appointment

Sophia is now a whopping 7 months old! She has started eating solids, her current favorites are bananas and oatmeal. Just recently she has decided that eating is okay. All of a sudden her milk consumption jumped up by ~150 mL (5 ounces) per day and she stopped the tight lip act when it came to spoon feeding. Now, she gets hungry which also means she gets mad when food isn't there fast enough and exercises her one vocal cord....it might be a good thing for our ears that both aren't working (we have to keep our humor in all of this). All of her eating is paying off and she now weighs 13.5 lbs (6.1 kg).
On Monday we had another follow up echocardiogram and check up with Dr. Lewin. Christopher and I were very nervous before the appointment, always that lingering fear of bad news. Sophia was amazing during the echo and stayed still other than squeezing the technicians thumb till it turned blue.
The good news is that her echo looked great! She still has a pinhole residual VSD and some minor valve leakage as well as a little turbulence in one area but, Dr. Lewin said all this was very minor and not anything to worry about. The best part was that he declared us officially "out of the woods". But, they do need to keep an eye on her to make sure everything is growing especially her aortic arch and that no obstructions form. So, we will go back in four months. Sophia celebrated the good news by first trying to pull the stethoscope out of Dr. Lewin's ears and then by giggling hysterically while tearing up the paper on the exam table.

3 comments:

Wyndi said...

yeah!!!! wonderful news!!

Clare Jane said...

Post some new pictures of that 13.5 pound baby girl!

Wyndi said...

we hope you have a happy thanksgiving
~ love Wyndi Steven and Izabell