Happy Hump Day!

Lincoln had a cardiologist appointment today. When he was discharged from the NICU I was given a lengthy list of doctors and appointments that I needed to meet once he got out, one was the follow-up with the cardiologist. Apparently when Lincoln was born, he had one artery that was open that should not have been (this the best explanation I got, I was not meant to listen and retain medical jargon!) A lot of preemies have this issue and small number of full-term babies do as well, but artery will usually thin out then close itself. After a sonogram we learned the artery had closed itself, which is good news. I also learned that when he was born he had a heart murmur which they found to be a hole in his heart. I did not know he had this during his NICU stay and his heart monitors never showed any issues (I love it that I am finding out more and more about his health AFTER we left the NICU, insert sarcasm!) After a sonogram today, the hole in his heart is still there between the top two chambers of heart but it is decreasing by itself. When he was born the hole was 3 ml and now it is 2 ml. The cardiologist just wants to watch it and we will go back in 6 months to see what it has done. I am not too concerned with this issue, my niece has a hole in heart and she is energetic, normal 2 and a half year old so I am not concerned. It is just another thing to add to the list of things we are discovering about Lincoln that is abnormal. He is special in so many ways! So that was our day in a nutshell (I could go on about how his cardiologist is a little on the strange side and kept calling Lincoln a girl. I almost said "Please open HIS chart and check the gender before you go on any further" but I didn't, my mother would be proud that I kept my mouth shut!)

Lincoln is so happy that this week is halfway over!
Cute boy!