The Hearts Have It!!

GREAT NEWS!!!

Kellan had another cardiology appointment and we received the BEST news!!  Miss Barb (his echostenographer and one of his favorite ladies) was running a bit behind, so Dr. B stopped in to get a sneak peak at his "little guy".  One listen to his heart and Dr. B smiled SO big!!  He said he was happy to report that the Kman looked like the picture of health and his ticker sounded great.  Kellan was unbelievable good through the entire 45 minute echo.  Miss Barb put on some "Sesame Street" and sang along to the songs, and although Mom noticed his hands were a little damp from being nervous, he sat really still and let her do her thing.  A few times he got restless and he held her hand through a lot of it, but he was such a trooper!! 

Dr. B reviewed the pictures and came in to give us the best news this year - his levels were still 17 (which is what they were in November, which you would know if I wasn't such a bad blogging Mommy!)!!!  That's the best we could hope for!  You could tell he was thrilled because he smiled from ear-to-ear!  Kman would have smiled too if he knew what was going on!  There is some slight leaking, but absolutely nothing to worry about.  Power lifting is still out of his future, but he will live a very normal life otherwise.  :)

Dr. B was also happy to share that a report just came out from the AAPC (American Academy of Pediatric Cardiologists) that "these little guys" who had cardio balloon caths at such young ages were not at all more prone to sudden death, and there is definitely no reason to restrict their activity ("How would you restrict an active 1 year old's activity?" my Mom smartly commented later).

So we don't get to go quite a year before our next visit, but we'll be back in almost a year, right around his 2nd birthday.  Second birthday - that's almost 10 months from now!!  I still remember the weekly visits when he was first born!  It seems so crazy to be set out 10 whole months!!  I'm excited, but at the same time I have to admit that the last few months of not having an update were killing me. :)

Perhaps the best news of the day was when Dr. B said that he thinks we'll just be watching this "for a long, long, long, long time!" (I think there were that many "longs" - maybe there were even more).  He does not thing we'll have to even think about valve replacement until well into his adulthood.  I'll worry all the same when that day comes, but at least we won't have to think about it for years to come!

To celebrate the good news Mom & I took Kel to Chili's - one of his favorite dining establishments.  He promptly threw down on some cheese fries and quesidillas.  Yum!!!   Needless to say it was a very good day! :)