Follow Up Visit, #2

Well, today's visit is what we call a "short" visit. It only lasted 2 1/2 hours instead of 5+ hours.

My Aunt Melissa, Uncle Wes and cousin Reanna took on the boys over night and to school in the morning (thank you thank you thank you). Jeremiah got to come home and work on the basement til past 10:30pm then go to work at 5:30am like normal. And I got to spend the night in SLC with Robynson at (Jeremiah's sister) Jessica and Draysen's house.

Robyn's appt was for 'between 8am-8:30am'. I got there at 8:45am because I got lost in Salt Lake. Yeah, fun. We met with our doctor (NP, actually) Michelle Cardon. She listened to Robyn, checked her out, had her weighed - all that good stuff. Robyn was FANTASTIC for all of it. :) Then we doubled her dosage of Carvedilol (which was and is the plan for the next few visits, actually). After we double her dose, Robyn has to be monitored for 2 hours - which is why the appt is so long... We enjoyed the two hours by playing in the waiting rooms, eating in the caffeteria, visiting the Gift Shop, jumping on the 'fishy' squares, and having complete strangers say how cute she is. :) Every half of an hour, we had to go back to the Cardiology department have have her blood pressure taken.

Her blood pressure was kinda low for her but still normal-ish for her age. They felt it was okay enough for her to leave with the higher dosage of medicine. Also, she has lost weigh since her last visit (and apparently since we checked in at the hospital a month ago). So we have to monitor her diet and give her MORE calories and FATTENING foods! :) She'll love that. Can we say Cookies, Pizza, Spagettios and Mac and Cheese? :) And we have to write down what she eats for at least 3 days in a row. Gotta meet with a Dietician at our next visit now too. :)

I'm a little paranoid after this visit. You ever have one of those 'impending doom' feelings? I sort of have one of those. I'm sure it's just me being my overly paranoid self... We'll continue to watch her for sweating, rapid breathing and lethargy. If those things start happening, we'll be back in SLC. I'm not taking any chances!


So what's she doing right now? Running around the house with her 2nd piece of pizza chasing her brothers and her little boyfriends, the Hartley boys. Yep. Such a sick little girl... :)

Her next appointment is September 15th. It's an Echo, Dietician, Medicine Increase, Etc. I'll keep you informed after that visit and if anything else goes on between now and then. :)

Love to you all.
Thanks for your Love and Prayers.