11 weeks and 2 days

We have had two doctors appointments in the past two days. Wed we had a normal doctors appointment to get Garet his 2 month shots. Everyone was so excited to see him there. They had been keeping up with the hospital on how he was doing. His doctor said that he is looking really good. He got 2 shots in his little legs and one immunization that he had to take by mouth. He did not have any problem taking that one. He is starting to get use to some of the medicine. He is now 11 weeks old and weighs 11 pounds 9 ounces, and he is 23 1/2 inches long.

On Thursday we had his first Cardiologist clinic visit. Again a lot of the nurses and doctors were so excited to see him since had been discharged. They did an Echo and an EKG. Doctor Fricker (The main cardiologist) said that they did not see much change on either test. But one thing they could see was it looks like the lining and the walls of his heart are starting to get thicker. This is a very good thing. He also said since he is so young and he seems to be doing well with everything else he has a good chance for his hear to continue to get stronger. Since he is not crawling or walking or anything like that yet, his body is not demanding as much from his heart as a 1 or 2 years heart would. This is the only reason the doctor thinks that his heart might have a chance to continue improving. So we really want to see some large improvements here in the next couple of months before he starts to become more active. They have increased the dose of his medicine that is helping his heart to squeeze. the bigger he gets the more he will be able to handle of that. We have also increased the calories for his formula. they really want to make sure that he is getting as many calories in one day as he can. The next time we have to go in is the 29th. We thought at first that we were going to have to go in once a week. Doctor Fricker said that twice a month should be good right now. So those are our big updates. Things are staying stable and now we just have to keep taking steps to improve the function of his heart.

We hope to see any many of you as we can out at the Poker run for Garet on the 27th of this month. Matt and I will be there helping run things and at the end Grandma Rose will be bringing Garet up to Whiteys for a little while so everyone can see and meet him. Since it is so hot right now he will most likely not be up there to long, but I know he wants to see everyone and tell them thank you for all the prayers that have been coming his way.