Doctors Appointment!

Caleb had his regular check-up with his cardiologist last Wednesday. He was cranky and tired because we woke him up, didn't feed him, then drug him to the doctor's office. He told the lady who was weighing and measuring him all of his troubles, and didn't let her get a blood pressure. I was worried about our start as his screams filled the building!!

But we got thru (apparently he's about 16.5lbs, although he wasn't cooperating too well...) and to Colleen, who does our echos. We had breakfast with Colleen, and she popped in a Baby Einstein video to keep him entertained. He wasn't sure which he liked more--the movie on the tv or the images of his heart on the screen. He layed there and she got all of the shots that she needed for once! They were even to see the left side of his heart!!

What they discovered:
~All TGA repairs leak at the suture sites--his are leaking at a very low rate so this is good
~His flow to the left lung is still open
~The flow is still asymmetrical
~The pressures on his right side of his heart are doing very well
~His blood pressure and EKG was very good

As his cardiologist said, "This is just a good news visit!" Yay!

Then we went to the eye doctor. Ha... the little guy had to throw me a curve ball. His eyes are normal vision for his age (which is slightly far sighted). That's good news. He is using both eyes equally. That is good news. He, however, only uses one eye at a time. The other one goes "out." Their suggestion? If it doesn't get better in a month: surgery.

Oh little bug... let's not do any further surgery! The eye doctor did say that his farsightedness will help it improve if it does improve. Is there a history of this in the family, he asks? No... my little guy is apparently a trend setter! LOL

My idea is that while he was in the hospital, he didn't have enough things to focus on, so his eyes got behind. And now it might be too late to get them back without a serious intervention. Guu.