I am back to work, I survived my first full week! The only thing that means is that I don't have as much time to keep the blog updated, but I will try to make sure I at least get our progress reports out here.
We saw the cardiologist yesterday, and he called Owen Mr. Consistent. He gained another 450 grams, exactly what he had gained the two weeks prior. Oh yeah, that's the same thing as a pound by the way. So now we are at 8lbs 12 oz, and if he keeps this up he will be really close to 11 pounds by the end of February. The Dr. also said that he still sounds pretty good, and his liver is getting a little bigger, but not big enough to be overly concerned. Owen is having a followup echo. in two weeks so we will know a lot more about exactly when surgery will be. If the echo looks good and his weight gain stays consistent we are looking at March or April for surgery.
Owen woke up with his first cold today, poor guy, he had a super stuffy nose and a bad cough. Another downside of the heart condition is that we can't really give him any medicine for the cough because it all speeds up the heart. Hopefully he will handle it well, and get through it fast. My goal is to keep him eating because if he doesn't eat they may send him to the hospital. He's a trooper though, so I am sure we will be fine.
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