ASD Repair Follow Up

Last week, Frankie went and saw cardiology. They just took his height, weight, blood pressure, a quick listen to his heart and a look at his incision. All of that went well! We talked about how he has a lot more energy and a bit more interest in food, too. Now is the time for us to be aggressive with his feeding plan. Around Thanksgiving, I will take Frankie back to cardiology so that they can do his echo and EKG. They wanted to make sure he was completely healed before doing this. Healing time is 6-8 weeks. He's currently 3 weeks post op!

Today, Frankie saw his pediatrician. She was impressed as well with how great Frankie is doing and looking and how good and different his heart sounded. Frankie is on the smaller side for his age but he is still growing really well. He's a little over 18lbs now. She too, told us to be aggressive with his feeding now and do our best to get him off of the dreaded feeding tube. Of course it's easier to feed him this way but it causes so many other issues and annoyances. Frankie does have his first ear infection in his right ear. I'm very bummed and unhappy about this. I'm 99.9% sure it came from his Little Gym experience last week. It was nasty and I was very displeased with it and am even more so now. He's on antibiotics and doing well. You never would've known he had one! Just a stuffy/runny nose and a watery eye.

That's pretty much it! He's doing really, really well! Definitely a Tank! He's close to walking, too! He just needs a bit more confidence! Almost there!

Next appointment: 3 weeks to see the pediatrician again about his ear. After that, it won't be until we go to cardiology around Thanksgiving.

Much love and thanks!!!!!