Friday we took Jack to his second crawfish broil hosted by our friends, the Fursts. We had a lot of fun and learned somewhere along the line that Jack has picked up a pretty nice leg kick when he throws a ball. He was fully willing to ease into the pool on his own....scary. It was great to catch up with friends that night. Thanks again to the Bros. Furst for hosting a great kick off to the weekend.
My parents host a 4th of July party every year and have been doing it for as long as I can remember. It's something we truly look forward to every year. Its a great day as we get to spend time with great friends who have been close to our family for a long time. Alli and I sincerely appreciate all the nice thoughts and good wishes from them. It is hard to express how great having all of them in our life really is. For the second day in a row, we were blessed with the realization that Friday in the Fursts pool was no fluke. Jack is not concerned with that body of water by any means. The minute those little feet hit the ground he was headed straight for the deep end. He headed right to the diving board, where he stood with toes curled over the edge ready to jump to me. However, by the devious look on his face I feared he was going to jump right over me. Yet even with some encouragement from the sidelines, he didn't make the leap. I can't wait for more fun (unnerving) times with Jack in the water. Its all hands on deck when that little on dons the swim trunks!!!
Today we had our first follow up fetal echo with Dr Rios (our new cardiologist) at Abbott along with an ultrasound to measure how Sophia is doing. I feel like we have been to 100 ultrasounds, although its more like 7, so you would think they had become routine. I realized today, that is not the case. Alli has always mentioned to me that she gets pretty anxious right before they start and today I was in complete sync with her. We now know the few very important details that pertain to Sophia (heart rate and signs of fluid). I honestly don't think our wonderful sonographer had the image up for a minute before we each were firing questions pertaining to those issues. Lucky for us, she was wonderful and guided us through the whole scan. Sophia, as Dr Rios kept mentioning today, is "rock steady". Her heart beat remains in the 42-46 range, weighs in at 1 pound 14 oz, her bone growth is right on with her age, and most importantly, no signs of hydrops!!!
Today was a great appointment because we really got the chance to ask Dr Rios questions and get his feedback. We are always grounded to the severity of Sophia's condition, however, he let us know given all those things her heart is functioning really well. It is very nice to have a few positives painted on what seems to be quite a negative canvas. All in all we left this appointment feeling good and will carry this positivity to next week, and then the next. Sophia is truly showing us she is going to fight, so how could we do any less in return.
Love,
Dan, Alli, & Jack
2 comments:
We are so proud of little Sophia (and of you both)! She has a giant cheering section that keeps getting louder and louder. Much love and prayers this week so that you have the same results next Monday. xoxo Katy, Mike, Lily and Henri
Thinking of you with love and support out here in Arizona...XOXO
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