Echos and Updates

I've been meaning to write an update on Michaels last Cardiology update and now I have two updates to write because I took so long to get the first one done. Michaels last Cardiology visit went pretty good for the most part but he refused to sit still for his Echo so they weren't able to get very good pictures of his heart. They even tried giving him the anxiety sedation which doesn't put him to sleep but made him act a little drunk. I felt bad for laughing at him so hard but he really enjoyed it. They got a few of the things they needed so that they were at least able to give us a little information. His heart looks ok, but not great. They are still watching the gradient through his mitral valve (the pressure build up of the blood that is trying to flow through it) and it seems pretty stable as it was the same as last time. They are also keeping an eye on the scar tissue build up from his open heart where they fixed his arch. The scar tissue built up on the inside and is borderline obstructive.  We may have to have that fixed or ballooned again in the future if it becomes a problem. They also decided that he is doing well enough that we can try taking him off his heart meds which is HUGE for me! That is four alarms I get to disable on my phone. He's almost weened off his last one and then in July they'll be sending us a heart monitor to see how he's doing off the meds.

Mike has a few new tricks up his sleeve that have me rolling on the floor. When he gets REALLY upset - he goes into downward facing dog. haha it cracks me up. He's also been climbing up and over everything he can. This includes Zoey and our dining room chairs. He is a little dare devil that loves to get into mischief.

 

He's also getting some pretty big curls. This kid is freaking adorable!