100 Days

Owen had a cardiologist appointment yesterday, and everything looks great.  He gained almost a pound in two weeks, he was 7lbs 12 oz yesterday, and he's up to 21 inches long.  It's so relieving to me that he is finally gaining weight, and doing it at as well as he is.  The only thing the doctor's want to keep a close eye on right now is the pressure in his lungs, it is a little on the high side.  This is totally normal for someone with a VSD, as they are getting twice the normal amount of blood flow to the lungs.  The good thing about this right now is that it is probably helping Owen gain weight as well as he is, the bad thing is that it could get worse and then sabotage everything. 

The best thing about yesterday's appointment: The Dr. says it will be 100 days or less until surgery!  They would love to see him weigh 5 kilos, which is about 11 pounds.  Right now he is gaining 32 grams a day, which I guess is about and ounce and a half, based on what I've figured.  By the way I love going to the cardiologist because I get transported from America to Europe, they don't measure ANYTHING in a way I understand, so I have to come home and translate it for myself!

In other news, Kelly and I braved the snow and visited a pretty cool store in Neenah, Mom and Pop place.  They have lots of cool baby and kids toys, and natural products for baby and mom.  Nate called it a hippy store because they sell cloth diapers, but I thought overall it was a nice place.  They also have a cafe and activities for kids and moms that are free.  Definitely pay it a visit if you want to check out some of the cool toys and gadgets that you would only be able to buy online. 

Only one gripe, no bottle feeding supplies, which kind of gets me down.  I am all for breastfeeding, I wanted to do it for a year.  For us, it wasn't a choice, and it's one of those things that people who haven't been there don't understand, and I feel like the people in that store would look down on me for giving my tiny baby a bottle, because they can be close minded, and just don't want to understand that he is special. 

It's Monday

Owen slept all night last night, from 9pm until 5am, he woke us up making tons of grunting noises in his sleep.  It's the first time that's happened, I hope it becomes a regular occurance.  I wish I could say I got a bunch of extra sleep, but between the grunting and the cats I didn't.  It's funny because our cats have gotten used to us being up in the night and have gotten used to getting a midnight snack, so they woke me up so they could get their fix.

I had my 6 week postpartum appontment with my OB today, I think we are celebrities at our hospital.  My doctor new all about Owen's adventure and emergency transport to Milwaukee. Typically they see VSD's in utero, and I think he felt pretty bad that they didn't catch it before Owen was born, he apologized about a hundred times, and told me he looked at all my ultrasounds and still doesn't see the VSD on the pictures.  I never blamed anyone for missing it, as we were lucky to still find it before Owen was in heart failure, and anything really serious happened.

I only have two weeks of maternity leave left, so this week Dad gets to start practicing since he will be home with Owen three days during the week.  So far today they are vegging on the couch, Owen loves laying on his dad, so I think there are many lazy days ahead.

Here's a picture of Owen at 6 weeks.