Good day!

We went to see the cardiologist today and the echo showed that Allison is holding steady on the heart medications! Dr. Lee wasn't sure how she would respond to the meds, but he is okay with waiting another 7 weeks to see her again. If the next echo is good, we could potentially hold off surgery for many months and maybe even a couple of years, but if it's not so good, then we'll be making plans for surgery at U of M.

Of course we knew the meds were working for her, she is a totally different kid! She is now acting like a typical 2 year old. She's active and curious, even naughty at times - gotta take the good with the bad, right? Today she had another "first". She was RUNNING! We've never seen her run before, maybe a fast walk, but she was running the loop with her brothers for about 30 minutes!

The only downsides to the meds are 1) she has a hard time winding down at bedtime and 2) the Lasix makes her pee a lot. She's showing lots of signs of readiness for the potty, but now isn't a good time to try (don't want to set her up to fail)!

Allison also started back at daycare this past week and is doing great! She obviously did not feel well before, but now she's adjusting well. I think it's really sinking in that this is HOME.

All three kids start swim lessons this weekend, so hopefully that will be fun for them and get us through until spring - we're getting a little stir crazy here. Go away winter.