Wednesday was Lillian's check up with the cardiologist for her heart murmer. We loaded up and went to KC to see the doc and have the echocardiogram done. I had the bright idea of leaving town at 6 a.m. because I am starting to walk in the mornings again and I thought I could find some new shoes at Cabelas. Well, like normal I was wrong (and not the most popular with the two ladies in my life). Long story short, we got to Children's Mercy about 45 minutes early and were poised to wait for our turn. By some stroke of luck (or genious on my part for being early) we got right in to see the doc. We did the length / weight with the nurse and all was good and more than last time. Lillian is in the 90th percentile on both! Then the dreaded blood pressure check. Suprisingly she did great this time and all was well there too. They took us to our room and we waited for the doctor to come see Lillian. A few short minutes later she was in the room and just bubbling over Lillian's growth and lack of symptoms. The doctor checked her over and asked us some questions and said everything looked great, the murmer is still there but no signs of heart failure at all. We were very happy to hear this news to say the least. She then told us that with the location of this murmer there is very little chance it will grow shut on its own and that something will have to be done down the road (in a couple of years). Once back in the car we were talking about how to the point the doc was this time, telling us about the hole not taking care of itself and some other things she hadn't told us before. We kind of wonder if the doctor was more concerned than she led on earlier and feels more at ease now. I guess it doesn't matter, she told us what to watch for a few months ago and we have so all is well at this point. We go back in October for another appointment and echocardiogram and they will measure the size of the hole then. Lillian is doing great, eating, sleeping and now rolling over! She is just getting to the point of becoming a handful for her folks and we are as ready as we can be for it. Well, time to get ready for work -blah- so thanks for all the love and prayers sent our way, we need all we can get!!
