[Title courtesy of Aaron]
I just wanted to let you all know that the cardiology team didn't find anything wrong in Porter's heart exam!!! They did a series of tests on him and he tolerated the invasion of his space pretty well, with the exception of one where he got really angry about not having control of his head. His daddy held his hand through the whole thing and that seemed to be enough for Porter, "Oh my Dad's right here, everything is fine."
The hardest part of the day for me was having to leave the hospital right before they started testing Porter to go to my doctor's appointment. The whole time I was away from my little boy I had to hold back the tears. I kept thinking about all the possible problems we'd read about and the thought of Porter going through open heart surgery wouldn't leave me. I just felt like I should be with my baby if they did find a problem. Once I did get back to him my world was restored to the proper order of things and my fear went away.
The doctors told us there are some things that down syndrome children struggle with that can cause heart problems later in life but as far as starting off Porter is perfect! We took a picture of Porter with electrode pads all across his chest and little body but lost it. So, you'll just have to enjoy these few pics from my phone.
{This is what we affectionately refer to as the "MILK COMA"}
{A close up}
{Aaron playing with the baby and Sydney desperately trying to get Aaron's attention back. We spoiled the puppy too much during his first year. Syd's protective of Porter and loves him, but that doesn't mean he's not jealous!}
The hardest part of the day for me was having to leave the hospital right before they started testing Porter to go to my doctor's appointment. The whole time I was away from my little boy I had to hold back the tears. I kept thinking about all the possible problems we'd read about and the thought of Porter going through open heart surgery wouldn't leave me. I just felt like I should be with my baby if they did find a problem. Once I did get back to him my world was restored to the proper order of things and my fear went away.
The doctors told us there are some things that down syndrome children struggle with that can cause heart problems later in life but as far as starting off Porter is perfect! We took a picture of Porter with electrode pads all across his chest and little body but lost it. So, you'll just have to enjoy these few pics from my phone.
{This is what we affectionately refer to as the "MILK COMA"}
{A close up}
{Aaron playing with the baby and Sydney desperately trying to get Aaron's attention back. We spoiled the puppy too much during his first year. Syd's protective of Porter and loves him, but that doesn't mean he's not jealous!}
3 comments:
Great to hear that all is well!
I'm so glad to hear Porter is so healthy! We love you guys!
I love the milk coma pictures! Both my kiddos did that when they were
teeny and I always had to kiss their little lips.
Glad to hear Porter is doing so well, and getting chubby. Yay!
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