Reese and Barney enjoying some books!!
Charlie got a new chair and hasn't stopped climbing on it since we got it out of the box!!
Nothing like a box of Pampers for some at-home entertainment!!
chhhheeeeessseeee!!!
All smiles this morning!!!
So we've been to the Cardiologist this morning and Reese is going to be A-OK!!! She has an ASD, which is Atrial Septal Defect. Basically, a hole in her heart that is causing too much blood supply to flow to the lungs. Dr. R said she was born with it, why it's just now showing up, we don't know. It's apparently more common than not, we've just caught it earlier than usual -- most kids are diagnosed at age 5 or 6. We did an EKG and an ECHO of the heart and Reese did beautifully. She sat so perfectly still and cooperated to the fullest extent. The nurses gave her plenty of goodies, including suckers, which are her favorite!! Reese weighed in at 23lbs this morning, which puts her too small to do any type of surgery now. Dr. R said we will re-check her in 6months and maybe schedule the surgery then. He is hoping to do it when she is 3 years old, which will allow for a bigger Reese, which in turn is a bigger heart, bigger veins/arteries, etc....
So my sweet little Reese needs your prayers today. For the past week or so, when she and Charlie have been running around the house, I have noticed that Reese's lips have been turning blue. She has always been quick to have blue lips when she gets cold, but we had equated it to the fact that she is tiny (just at 24lbs with her clothes on), no meat on her bones, she gets cold really easy, and her lips turn a little blue. Well today, for some reason I decided that the running and her lips turning blue was a little more than I was comfortable with, so I called her doctor. We got her right in and as soon as Dr. Wilson put the stethoscope on her chest I could tell something was wrong. Dr. Wilson said she has a "worrysome" murmur and put in a call to cardiology. We were sent to the Children's South clinic where they did an x-ray. There is something wrong but we don't know what yet. We know that she has "increased pulmonary vascular markings" which pretty much means she has too much blood in her lungs and the oxygenated blood is mixing with the un-oxygenated blood. This, therefore causing blue lips upon exertion. We have an appointment with the cardiologist first thing in the morning and we should know more then. Please pray for my sweet girl. Although she is playing fine and by looking at her you would never know anything is wrong, I'm so scared for what her little body may have to go through. It's so hard for me to put my head around the fact that something may be wrong with her. I have so many questions.....I hope to know more tomorrow. Please, please, pray.
This is my sweet girl on her 1st birthday last year.
And this is her today on her 2nd Birthday!!!
Gigi came by to bring presents
their favorite.....Barney!!!
Reese LOVES Barney!!
Charlie LOVES Barney!!
mmmmmm, cake!!
I still don't think she get's why we sing to her yet!!
blow Reese blow!!!
Charlie had flashbacks from his birthday smash cake. For some reason he decided to smash Reese's cake all in his hair. He was such a mess when we were done!!!
she's getting good at this!!
little help from PawPaw
she was so excited when she saw her kitchen.....her arms were just a flapping!!
every little girl needs a pink kitchen, right???
cooking, cooking!!
she also got a high chair for her baby!!!
Yesterday was the last day that I had TWO one year olds!! For 2 weeks out of the year, when people ask me how old they are, I can say, she's one, and he's one!!! Then you have to go through the whole, "no, they're not twins" story and explain how it happened!! You should hear some of the things people say to me.....sometimes good, sometimes pure shock!! Today is my sweet Reese's 2nd Birthday......lot's of pictures to come!!!
her awful cheeeeesssse face!!!
