So yes, 2 blogs in under a week. Aren’t you excited?
Actually, this one is delinquent too. We saw the cardiologist a little over 2 weeks ago for David’s 18 month checkup, but I didn’t want to post this before I posted the one for Christmas, and I was being lazy about posting that one. Don’t worry though, on the day when we learn that he has been miraculously healed, you will all be informed before midnight.
In truth, there continues to be not much to report. Which is good. David’s growth path still appears to be tracking right along the 5% curve with no material deviations. It’s actually funny to see David next to other kids his age. One of Christy’s friends has a boy who is a couple months younger than David, and he’s at least 3” taller and noticeably heavier. The doctors have always told us to expect that, but it’s just strange to have the difference be THAT pronounced. Anyway, the doctor said everything looked and sounded good.
We asked him whether he expected the next surgery to be closer to 3 years old or 5 years old - he said much closer to 3 than to 5. We also asked him if there’s any possible reason that the TCH people would want to hospitalize him when he goes back there for his 1-year-post-glenn checkup. He said definitely not (TCH people, I’m looking at you - we’re not staying this time). They actually have not contacted us yet about going back, and I don’t plan on rocking the boat until they do. Dr. Brumund said it was actually a little odd for them to want to see him before we all start getting ready for surgery #3, so I figure we will be ok without them. If we haven’t heard from them by spring, we will probably just take a weekend and go hang out with our friends in Houston.
This visit also featured David’s semi-annual echo-cardiogram. Everything still looks beautiful there as well. David’s aorta is growing “beautifully”, his tricuspid valve (between the remaining ventricle and the right atrium) is still holding up really well, and the pressure drop across the place where the reconstructed aorta meets the natural one is basically negligible. All of which means that David is still doing really well.
Otherwise, we’re still having a blast, and David is still growing and getting smarter and more fun every day. He’s learning to talk a little bit, and he’s getting really good at communicating what he wants even when he doesn’t know what the words are. The other day he wanted some goldfish (the little cheesy cracker things), so he opened one of his books to a picture of a fish, pointed to it emphatically, then went over and pointed at the pantry. I kinda worry that his linguistic skills might be a little behind due to his inventiveness with non-verbal communication, but I guess that can’t be all bad. He still loves outside, loves other kids and people (don’t know where he got that - it wasn’t from me), and has started to love having books read to him. He also eats like a pig. Christy has taken to just leaving food within his reach all the time so that he can have an all-day buffet. I need to get rich soon, cause if he gets any bigger my food bill is going to put me in the poor house.
So that’s about it. I’ll try to be more regular about these things and to remember to let the world know about interesting things when David does them. But frankly, I’m having too much fun to stop and write when I can just sit back and enjoy the ride.
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| Yes, we do in fact eat straight peanut butter with a spoon. |
love!
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