"You've gotta just let him be."
Sammy's Recovery from the Fontan
Life Post-Fontan
Bump from home
We are home!
Fontanized - Day 6 Update
Day 4 Post-Op 2:30pm Update
Fontanized, Day 4 Post-Op
Bump #2 - Pneumothorax
Little Bump
Fontan Post-Op, Day 2
Extubated!
Fontan Post-Op Update
Fontan Day
Fontan Pre-op Done
Checking in
Update, 2 years old, Fontan date, more
And we're free!
Pre-Fontan cath DONE.
Cath Day
Day 1, Pre-Fontan Cath Prep
Pre-Fontan cath
Twenty-three months: chatterbox, the holidays and the cath
Twenty-two months
Cardiology visit
Eighteen months
Seventeen months
Early Intervention Assessment
Fourteen month update
Miles for Miracles - Together in Heart.
Sedated echo
Look who's one!
One year.
11 1/2 months old!
Almost 10 months old!
Cardiologist Visit
Just about nine months!
Who is this kid, and what did you do with my baby?
Eight months old!
7 months old!
Coming up on 7 months
Six month update
Post-op Checkup & Life post-Glenn
And we're outta here!
Waiting to go home & a few firsts...
Truckin' along
Step-Down!
And the lines are OUT!
Happy updates
Post-Glenn, Day 4
Post-Glenn, Day 3
Post-Glenn, Post-Bronchial Spams, Day 3
Not fun - post-Glenn, night 2
Post-Glenn, Day 2
Post-Glenn, Day 2 - morning
Post-Glenn, Day 1, part 2
Post-Glenn, Day 1
He's out!
In surgery - updates
the wait
The night before the Glenn
Preparing for the Glenn
Update & Surgery
Milk Allergy Fun
Chatty Sammy
Cath Hospitalization
Catheterization
Gasmonster!
Teaching Sammy about the world.
Miles for Miracles
First bath!
Gassy infant prodigy
Rockin' Sammy
Revelations about mamahood
Babymoon, Part 2
Babymoon, Part 1
Home Sweet Home
Discharged!
Rumor has it...
Stepdown, Day 2
We have step down!
Today was pretty mellow
No step-down for you
Time to buy stock in St. Joseph's
One step closer
Extubation!
One step at a time
Done with the closing
Chest Closing
Birth story
Chest Closing & Mama in Triage
Recovery
Out of Surgery
Welcome, Sammy!
Samson Arrives
Labor update
Of due dates and inductions
Baby Grace
Snow baby?
Welcome to the jungle
Getting closer...
37 1/2 week update
Fighting the bad thoughts
Getting bigger - and closer!
31 weeks with Dr. Brown, CHB
31 Week Appt. w/ Dr. Johnson
One big monkey!
Starting to Get Ready
30 Weeks and Full-blown Panic
Silly Pregnant Lady
27 Week Visit
Fears
EFO Shout Out
Weird Pains & an Early Morning Trip to the Hospital
Fetal Echo at Boston Children's Hospital
DiGeorge's - Negative!
Evil Genetics Counselor
Full amnio results
22 weeks and Life Now
Pediatric Cardiologist
Redefining Normal
FISH Results
Embarrassing the poor boy already
The Baby's Name
Post-Amnio
Pre-amnio, Baby痴 name riddle
Reiki energy, and not being alone
Friends and Tarzan
Trying to get through the day
The diagnosis
Trying to stay positive
Pre-Diagnosis
Doctor Visits
Fontan
General Updates
Glenn
Life with Sammy
Norwood
Other HLHS families
Support
Surgery & Recovery
Surprises
Test Results
Worrying
We have the smelliest baby ever. I kid you not - he's chock full of gas. And it's not like we get any warning - he's definitely the "silent but deadly" type. Occasionally, even he'll get a whiff and make a face like, "Whoa! Who did that?" But he's still too little to try to blame it on the cats or on dad or the elephant that ran under the chair (name THAT reference!), so we all know it was him. Still, you just don't expect something that awful to seep out of something so sweet and small.
He smiles, laughs and coos now. I don't care that the books all say he shouldn't be doing half of these things for another month or two. OUR child is a prodigy. And yes, I know every parent says that, but ours really is. And yes, I know every parent says that too. But did THEIR kid mimic sound at 7 weeks? I doubt it! See? Prodigy.
Gassy, but a prodigy. We're two lucky parents, let me tell you.
(On a more serious note: he's surpassed the 8lb mark, our little Chunkmonkey. He's put on almost two pounds in the month that we've been home! We're allowed to go out in public now - so we took him out to lunch today, during which he decided he needed to wake up wide, join in the fun and EAT RIGHT NOW. He loves Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good", insisting on playing at 5:30 in the morning, watching Sports Center with Daddy and when Mama makes an ooo-ing sound at him. He does not like, however, the snot-sucky thing, the camera flash, tummy time, a wet diaper or having to wait for food. All clearly signs of a prodigy, if you ask me.)
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This Hope for HLHS site belongs to Erika, Jason & Samson
I believe that it was Bill Cosby who made the elephant under the chair joke... Though I am not 100% sure on that.
He looks wonderful. Hope that you are all well and enjoying your time together.
Talk to you soon
Posted by: Curt at April 19, 2006 5:19 PM