It seemed like a fitting kick off to heart month to update this little blog of ours!!
After all, the only reason this bloggie blog exists is because of a little thing called Transposition of the Great Arteries!!
We recently {1/14/16} paid a visit to our favorite Helen DeVos Children's Hospital cardiologist!! In usual fashion, I overdosed on Benadryl the night before so that I could actually sleep! "Pre-appointment heart mom anxiety" is a real diagnosis! Look it up my ICD-10 biller friends!!
The above picture is here for documenting purposes only as the lighting in the lobby of 10 is HORRIBLE!! I just want Piper to know that I continue to dress her in hearts for Dr Lee -- even though he never sees her with her shirt on.
Here is "the top less toucan" sitting on Dr Lee's stool! We paid a lot of money for that stool over the last two years! We had no qualms about her drooling goldfish on it before he arrived to the room!
In terms of her cooperation level - 'fiesty topless pants' actually did GREAT! {Thank you, Jesus!!} After our visit in May, I feared we were headed for sedated BP's, EKG's, O2's and echos!
And then came the big man himself! My cardiology crush, one might say! (Can I get an amen, Jana??) I kid not when I say that his mouth was open and he was willing to let Piper shovel in the aforementioned goldfish! Except that she wasn't willing to share! Ekk! It was hilarious! But perhaps you needed to be there to truly grasp how funny this banter was between 'the cardiology king' and 'our cardiology princess!!'
In terms of her heart -- he said everything sounds great! (EGK looked the same as in previous visits!) She still has the murmur - but he doesn't expect her to ditch that... ever.
He couldn't believe how big she was -- YES, WE KNOW! And was happy to see she is a chatty, normal 2 year old!
Her heart leaks a little and there's narrowing here and there! But Lee didn't call Haw and Hillman (the surgeons) in STAT - so we're cool!
No need for an echo since we just did one 6 months ago!
We had hoped to hear those 5 little words that every newer heart parent waits {in anticipation} to hear at every visit -- "see you in a year!"
Alas, we did not make it to 'the holy grail' of heart appointments - but we will see Dr. Lee again in 6 months - and that's ok too!
Letting the prayers rise for another uneventful 6 months!!
Adios friends and Happy Heart Month from Piper Noelle!! ❤️
