My little man did well on the trip down here I have to say. He slept most of the first half and was just babbling when he was awake on the second half. So far he seems to enjoy it here as well as he can I mean the heat has just been zapping his energy. The first few days were kind of relaxed for us. We met a friend at House of Pies (or H.O.P.) and that was awesome b/c I LOVE H.O.P. sooooo much and so did he (when he finally realized that the fruit was pie-y goodness). Second day we went swimming and he about lost his mind because at my aunt's pool there is a handle that is on the steps so he figured out he could hold on to that and float to his heart's content. Plus he kept getting in, getting out, jumping in; little water baby wore himself out after about 2 hours of swimming he slept for 2 1/2.
Then we went to the Aquarium with his cousins and let me just say that if you are going to go there with children and you have the energy do the whole day fun package for $15.99. It is totally worth it especially if you have the coupon for "Buy 1, Get 1 FREE!!" We rode the little train that went into the shark tank and it was so adorable once he figured out what was going on he leaned back into me with his eyes really wide looking around like "What the heck is going on here?" He enjoyed the train as well as the carousel (obviously we skipped the Ferris Wheel for him) and he actually had a good time walking the exhibits. He kept pointing and babbling at everything. Well worth it.
Today has been kind of relaxed as well for us; we went to Rothers (I will ALWAYS call it Rothers it changed to 'The College Bookstore' middle of the junior year but dammit it's ROTHERS!!) and I got Trio some Cougar gear. A little onesie that says "Cougar, Born and Bred" and a beanie which he will just love come the winter months *sarcasm* And we got to see my godmama which I loved and she did remind em it's been awhile since she has really seen me or Trio which means we haven't been coming here often enough but that will change. We've also been seeing my aunt, two first cousins, and two second cousins all the days we have been here. Tomorrow we are going to go to the Children's Museum (b/c it's free after 5) and then Friday it's back home even if I'm not quite sure how happy I am about going home yet. I've really enjoyed my time here with Trio b/c even though my niece and dad came with us it was like a mini-vacation for us. But Pflugerville is where we live so c'est la vie.
I will post again to let you know how the Museum goes.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
My Cardio Baby
So last week we had an appointment with Trio's cardiologist to see how his heart patch and his pulmonary valve were doing. I like Dr. Holt he's really nice and personable to Trio as well as being very good at answering all the questions I may have. So he listened to Trio's heart and sent him to get an echo.
I have to say this was the best echos we've ever had. He sat still for the most part and he wasn't screaming and crying. In fact he was talking to Sue, the one who does the echo, and even flirting with her. It was awesome whereas it use to take us an hour and a half almost to do it this one took maybe 30-40 minutes. I mean we were there so long because the office had a lot of patients there (and from the way the babies in there were crying in the waiting rooms including my own at one point, you would have thought there were giving shots in there). According to the echo though the gradient in the valve got higher since our last check-up in January not enough for him to be overly concerned but enough to still keep him on the medicine and to put me on stand-by that a visit to the cath lab may be necessary in the future. Now while I don't relish the idea of going back to the hospital, at least this one is an outpatient procedure and at most we may stay in the hospital overnight.
As far as a lot of heart babies go I would like to think Trio does well. He is very active and he doesn't get over exhausted quickly. He doesn't seem to have a lot of breathing problems when he plays (thank goodness) and as for the sweat; well it's hard to tell if he sweats a lot because of the heart thing or because of genetics (seriously, his dad can be out in the sun for five minutes and is sweating buckets and that's on a normal not hot as the outer layer of hell day like the ones we've been having). He loves being active. He's certain he can swim without a float (that's always a fun story) and he climbs and runs and dances and plays. He's certainly a little boy.
I remember being sad when we found out how we had to get the surgery. My primary concern was that he wouldn't be able to do all the climbing, running, and sports that little boys do. I expressed this concerns to Dr. Holt who told me that while he may not be the star athlete he will still be able to play. And now that I see it in motion I love it. I love watching him play because I know it makes him happy. While I am sad that he still has to be on the medicine because I figured this would have been a huge fun step for us, we'll still doing good on the heart front and for that I am grateful.
I have to say this was the best echos we've ever had. He sat still for the most part and he wasn't screaming and crying. In fact he was talking to Sue, the one who does the echo, and even flirting with her. It was awesome whereas it use to take us an hour and a half almost to do it this one took maybe 30-40 minutes. I mean we were there so long because the office had a lot of patients there (and from the way the babies in there were crying in the waiting rooms including my own at one point, you would have thought there were giving shots in there). According to the echo though the gradient in the valve got higher since our last check-up in January not enough for him to be overly concerned but enough to still keep him on the medicine and to put me on stand-by that a visit to the cath lab may be necessary in the future. Now while I don't relish the idea of going back to the hospital, at least this one is an outpatient procedure and at most we may stay in the hospital overnight.
As far as a lot of heart babies go I would like to think Trio does well. He is very active and he doesn't get over exhausted quickly. He doesn't seem to have a lot of breathing problems when he plays (thank goodness) and as for the sweat; well it's hard to tell if he sweats a lot because of the heart thing or because of genetics (seriously, his dad can be out in the sun for five minutes and is sweating buckets and that's on a normal not hot as the outer layer of hell day like the ones we've been having). He loves being active. He's certain he can swim without a float (that's always a fun story) and he climbs and runs and dances and plays. He's certainly a little boy.
I remember being sad when we found out how we had to get the surgery. My primary concern was that he wouldn't be able to do all the climbing, running, and sports that little boys do. I expressed this concerns to Dr. Holt who told me that while he may not be the star athlete he will still be able to play. And now that I see it in motion I love it. I love watching him play because I know it makes him happy. While I am sad that he still has to be on the medicine because I figured this would have been a huge fun step for us, we'll still doing good on the heart front and for that I am grateful.
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