Owen's echo showed no real changes on Monday, and he is still doing awesome at gaining weight. The cardiologist basically said, he has a VSD, but he's not letting it bother him, as he is not in any distress, or showing any symptoms typical to babies with a VSD as big as his is. Because he was doing so well, we got the go ahead to schedule his surgery in 6 weeks.
Owen will be having surgery on April 1st, exactly one year and one day after I found out I was pregnant with him. I found that a little bittersweet. The surgery takes about 5 hours, and we expect him to be in the Hospital in Milwaukee for about 5 days if everything goes well. I will do my best to keep the blog updated with his progress while we are in the hospital, and while he is recovering at home. We have been given many assurances that everything should go well, as he is doing extremely well going into surgery. Right now we are remembering that we are very lucky to be going into this situation with a "healthy" child, as it will make his recovery that much easier.
Since most of you reading are family and friends, if anyone is interested in donating blood for Owen, please let me know, comment here, or message me on facebook. I need to get the directed donation stuff set up, but once I do I can give anyone who wants it more information about how to donate.
Thank you all for your wishes, thoughts, and prayers, we are grateful for them all.
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