Owen's Heart

We found out about Owen's heart condition quite by accident On December 18th, and were whisked away to Children's Hospital in Milwaukee by ambulance.  It was there that we found out that Owen has a VSD, a hole between the ventricles in his heart.  VSD is a pretty common heart defect, and in most children it closes on its own, unfortunately, Owen's will not and he will require open heart surgery.  Currently he is doing really well, meaning he is not in heart failure yet, so the doctors are letting him try to gain some weight.  The cardiologists say our magic number is 10 pounds.  So after switching to formula in a high calorie mixture, Owen has started to gain weight and was 7lbs 1.5 ounces on Friday.  At this rate we can expect surgery probably at the end of February.