Saturday, September 30, 2006

First Week Home From Hospital

Kelsey has been home for a week now. Yesterday she had an appointment with her cardiologist. They did an echo on her and everything is fine. There is no fluid around her heart and will not need to be on lasic. All looks good for now. The doctor thinks she will need to be followed up with in the next 30 days and then about every 3 to 6 months to monitor her progress.

Her scar is healing nicely. She still has a scab on her incision so we don't know how it looks yet, however all indications look good. She is now 10 lbs 6 oz and is 22 inches long. She is behind on her new born shots and won't be able to have any until after October 26th. She has a follow up appointment with Dr. Tam (the surgeon) on Wednesday October 4th.

Grandma Shirley has a Kidney infection and had to go to the clinic today. Nancy is coming down with a cold, and Megan is getting over one. Daron is strong as a mule and has no symptoms from the infectious disease lurking around the house. Being the only male in the house I must stay healthy to hunt and provide food for the family. Kelsey's other grandmother from Mexico City will be coming in on October 5th to meet her new granddaughter.

On another note: Our friends Eddie and Xuan had a baby girl on September 28th. She was 7lbs 3 oz and is doing well. Her name is Gabriella. Congratulations

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello guys, Its great to hear Kelsey is doing so good. So it looks like she pulled through all her rough spots just fine. I told you she was in good hands at Cooks with their great staff. Well we just wanted to say HI. From Anthony and Family. Hey did you ever get the email addresses we sent you guys? Just let me know.

Anonymous said...

No- I emailed you a few times, but never got a response. Not sure if it is my Hotmail or not. Here is my email address..

nancy22871@hotmail.com

Hope Anthony is doing well. Good to hear from you!

Anonymous said...

I'm so happy that everyone is surving so well. It's never quite perfect, but believe me it could always be worse.
We are all very excited that Gabriella is here. I'm sure that many adjustments will need to be made. Not much different from other families. They just come packaged different.
Kelsey looks great. A beautiful baby and such great parents and sister.

Candace April said...

I am so happy for you!

Thank you so much for posting about your experience...it is a big help for someone who will be walking in these footsteps soon.

Anonymous said...

Strong as mule is not exactly how I would put it, but something having to with a mule would be appropriate..... LOL!!

Glad to hear how well Kelsey is doing, that is great news! She is a real fighter!! I hope you all are back to getting good sleep. That will help with all those colds and such. Thanks for keeping us updated!

Anonymous said...

How's Kelsey?

We have our surgery scheduled now--first week of November (earlier than we expected).

Anonymous said...

C'mon Daron, don't be so lazy...keep up with your blog! Go #8 not #20! LOL - Rudy