Doing Well

Aubrey got another great report at her appointment today with the cardiologist.

She weighs 10lbs5oz (5%-tile) and is 24" long (25%-tile), and her head circumference is 15" (5%-tile). The cardiologists don't have a special growth chart for cardiac kids, but if they did I bet she'd be just about smack-dab in the middle. Aside from her plateau in late December-- which is entirely explained by her heart failure-- she has been growing very consistently and steadily. She has gained almost 3lbs since we brought her home on October 4th.

Her EKG did show occasional dips (slowing down) in Aubrey's heart rate. This problem was seen the last day we were in the PICU, as well. Dr. Byrum feels it may be due to higher levels of Digoxin (which is the medication that regulates her heart rate) in her body than she needs, so we were sent down to the lab to get some bloodwork done. I should hear the results tomorrow.

In talking with Dr. Byrum, we were very encouraged by his expressed hope that surgery will not be for "quite some months." Aubrey's health is what dictates the time frame and she is doing very, very well.

We are tired from another day of travel, but very thankful for another good appointment and decent roads to and fro (there was very little snow... for the most part).