You know you are a mother of boys.......

When your foyer becomes a basketball court for the Nerf goal hanging on the front door!

Can't resist.....

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The great is that Matthew has tolerated his first week of medicine really well, I noticed a little fatigue, but he never complained. And it helped his blood pressure!

The good is that Nick has cool new glasses and a haircut, and is looking AND seeing awesome. The garage doors work again. The air conditioner has been taken care of and is ready for the really warm temps I am sure (hoping) are around the corner.

The bad is Tucker's cracked right wrist, he is missing his activities, but hopefully this time next week, it will be off.

The ugly is a toss up between Jack's forehead booboo and Mommy's appearance in the morning during this very long week. Jack will heal up great, Mommy, well, we'll see. And I will spare you all pictures!:)

Followup appointment

I know I have not posted in a while, my patients and my family have been keeping me busy! Matthew had his followup appointment with his cardiologist today. Matthew's cath results had been reviewed in Pediatric Cardiology conference and while they did not feel the pressure in his aorta was high enough to warrant the risk of a stent at this point, the pressure in his left ventricle is too high (18, should be 10 or lower) so they want to put him on medicine to reduce the pressure on his heart. Apparently, the blood vessels in the heart muscle of children with his condition are much "stiffer" that normal and put pressure on the walls of the heart. It also raises the blood pressure. The medicine is to relax the heart muscle and diminish the pressure.

He was encouraged to do aerobic exercise to keep the heart muscle strong so his basketball that he loves will be great for him! He can't do any weight lifting or isometrics since that will increase the pressure. The main side effect of the medication is fatigue so if you are around him and notice something, that is probably what you are seeing. I will be home with him his first three days on it to observe him closely this weekend, and I would appreciate any feedback or observations from those of you who are around him to help me monitor him. He won't complain about anything, so we will just have to go by our instincts.

He is as usual very positive, just smiles and agrees to do whatever the doc says. Thank you all so much for lifting him up!