Today I take Scarlett to the cardiologist's office for a routine follow-up appointment. Can you believe it's been 8 weeks since her last appointment? I can't. Last year I was in the office every 2-3 weeks...pretty much the entire year. When Beth (Scarlett's cardiologist) told me in January that she'd see me in 8 weeks I was in disbelief. Wow... I can really go two months in between appointments? That's awesome.
That means that Scarlett is doing great (heart-wise) and only needs to be monitored 6 times a year. That's great. Scarlett is still trying her best to walk unassisted. She took about 6 steps on her own on her birthday, but she's still slow to take off. That's okay, I like watching her crawl around anyway. It reminds me she's still a baby.
**NEWS FLASH** Exciting news for heart parents!!! St. Joseph's Hospital is working toward opening the first pediatric heart transplant program in Phoenix, Arizona. Up until now when a local baby/child was in congestive heart failure (requiring a transplant), they had to literally move out of state and go to Boston or Los Angeles for several months while their child awaited a heart transplant. But I just read tonight that this program will soon be available in Phoenix!! To be performed by Scarlett's team of pediatric cardiac surgeons. This is awesome. Of course I pray that this will never be an issue for my baby, but I am relieved that if it did ever come to that, we won't be further burdened with moving out-of-state. Here is an article about it:
I will post how her cardiologist visit went tomorrow. I'm hoping for more weight gain! Let's keep our fingers crossed.
Scarlett gets more beautiful every day! Even if she hasn't gained appreciable weight, she looks totally propostional for her size, she is preciously petite. I thought about you the other day & was really happy that you weathered the FULL YEAR of breast feeding and DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANY MORE! You're a totally AWESOME Mom!
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