Children's Hospital today

SATing 100%

Connor in the Dr office


Today was our trip to Children's where we had 2 appointments. One with Pulmonary Clinic and one with Physical Therapy. We started off in the Pulmonary Clinic. We were sitting in a really nice room when in walks Vicki one of the residents from the NICU who is on rotation in this clinic. It was awesome to see her and really great for her to get to see Connor because she knows all too well everything we went through in the NICU. She thought Connor looked great and was really happy to see how well he was doing. She took Connor's oxygen off and put him on one of their O2 monitors and Connor's sats stayed between 98 and 100% for well over an hour. Then the specialist came in and he examined Connor and also thought he was doing great so .... no more daytime oxygen for Connor!!! WOO HOO. So take a good look at these photos they may be the last you see with prongs on Connor! Connor needs to stay on the O2 at night but even that will be going away soon according to this doc. Connor had blood work done and a chest xray as well. We will have results from those tomorrow and a plan will be made then as to when we will start taking Connor off the oxygen at night. It won't be long until Connor is done with the O2. The doctor wants us to keep O2 and the monitor at home though for through cold and flu season just so that if Connor gets anything (please pray that he won't) we have stuff here to try and make him more comfortable and not have to work too hard. Connor was also seen by a dietcian at this appointment and she declared Connor to be doing wonderful. He is in the 50th percentile for height and weight and she said I don't have to worry about moving Connor on to a higher calorie diet because he is doing just great on the diet he is on now. YIPPEEE! Connor weighed in today at 9 pounds 8 ounces and 21 inches long. He came home form the NICU at 7 pounds 1 ounce so this is a wonderful weight gain for him. We are so excited and happy that he is this big now. GO CONNOR GO!!!

Then it was on to Physical Therapy where Connor was measured for a wedge made especially for him. It is a spiffy wedge. He seems to really like it too and Brian and I are very happy with it. It looks so much more comfortable for him and when he outgrows it they will make him a new one. :)

Since we were in Seattle the three of us stopped by the NICU to say hello. We saw Susan and Terry, two of Connor's regular day nurses, as well as Dr Neufeld, the doc who admitted Connor back in April. Everyone was happy to see Connor and were really excited to see how well he is doing and how much he has grown. It was great for Brian and I to get to see everyone again as well and even better to get to leave WITH Connor!

So all in all today was a wonderful day in Seattle. We go back to Children's at the end of September to see Cardiology (just a check up because of my heart condition, they don't think Connor has anything but I want to make sure) and then back to the lung doc November 30 for a check up. Other than that they don't want to see us and we don't want to see them :)!!

I have put some new pictures on the picture trail website so check them out and on a side note Lisa Hayo, one of the nurses in the NICU who we became good friends with, had to travel back to Huston to attend the funeral of her fiance's grandmother. Please pray for Lisa and her family as they go through this difficult time. Lisa and Jamie are going to be getting married on September 9, 2006.

Blessings to you all,
Ali