Little Steverino and I just took a trip 1,300 miles from home. I would venture to say it was quite a success! Honestly, I was pretty nervous to: a) take him on the plane for the first time b) maintain my pumping schedule c) drive 4 hours in the car with him d) have him…
Year: 2011
Cath Lab Results
Cath Lab, Cardio Cath, Heart Catheterization, Angioplasty, Angiogram. It has many names, but it’s all basically the same from what I can tell. Anyway, the results came back as expected. The wee one’s heart kind of looks like this: I found a diagram of a heart online and just sort of filled in the blanks.…
National Ice Cream Month
I celebrated with a vengeance – 31 different ice creams in 31 Days! Day #1 – Drumstick Day #2 – DQ Chocolate Dipped ConeDay #3 – Chevy’s Mini Deep Fried Ice CreamDay #4 – Crunch BarDay #5 – Smushed Twix Ice Cream BarDay #6 – Push Pop Day #7 – Tempura Fried Ice Cream from…
Still Here!
Well, as much as I didn’t want to sleep here last night, it actually wasn’t all that bad. They recently added on to the hospital, and the cardiology department is in a whole new section. The patient rooms are private now, with their own bathrooms. There’s a flat screen tv with internet access, a little…
Update From The Hospital
This morning we had our normal Cardiology appointment to do his monthly EKG and Echo. I had also been waiting to hear from Children’s Hospital on when we would be coming in for Stephen’s procedure to clot the aneurysm. The cardiologist took a look at the lump and we all noticed immediately that it had…
Surgery Avoided!
Well things move quickly in the ranks of Children’s Hospital. We really do have the best doctors! We left our cardiologist appointment at 10am and by 2pm, I was on my way to CHLA since they squeezed us in for an ultrasound on the aneurysm. The ultrasound took some time with this little wiggle worm,…
We Can't Take Anymore Surprises!!
Stephen had his Cath Lab done last Friday, and the results were what they expected. Which was good news. I was waiting to update until I was clear on the details, so I’ll get more into that later. His recovery from surgery was amazing. He was groggy and grumpy in the hospital, but as soon…
7 Months Old
Baby: What a fun little guy we’ve got on our hands. He is now rolling over both ways. If I leave him alone for a few minutes, I often wonder how he got to where he ended up. Such a little mover. We have been practicing sitting up, but I don’t think it will happen…
Cardio Catheterization
My anxiety is building a little. Stevie has a small procedure tomorrow called a cardio catheterization, which is sort of like an angiogram or angioplasty (which I didn’t know what that was until the doc explained it). Basically the cardiologist will make a small incision in the groin area and run a tube up through…
Cali-Bound
My brother and his wife FINALLY came to visit! They live all the way over in Southern Missouri (close to Joplin) and took quite a road-trip for their vacation. They stopped in New Mexico and Arizona before reaching us and will be stopping in Utah and Nebraska on their way home. I had so much…