On Thursday of last week, Gracie had her annual echocardiogram and visit with her Pediatric Cardiologist. We got great news. In the past Gracie has had two valves that showed some thickening (that's not a good sign) and a ductis that was leaky. This has been pretty consistent each year...no changes, but all still of some concern. This year the results were different...there was no thickening of the valves and the ductis has grown closed on it's own and there is no longer any leakage. Gracie's cardiologist said that had he not seen Gracie's previous echos, he would not have known this was anything but a healthy heart! YAY!!!!! We still need to check in annually to semi-annually to keep an eye on things, specifically the valves. Our cardiologist told us to keep on doing what we're doing. So I guess we'll just keep on feeding her french fries and chicken nuggets! ;)
On Friday, Gracie started coming down with a cold. I knew there was something wrong when I wanted her to go outside with me on Thursday night for a walk and she didn't want to. I finally convinced her to go in the stroller and halfway home, I asked her how she was doing and she told me she wanted to go home. On Saturday, it was much of the same -- runny nose, quite a cough, not too much energy. Although we did play outside a bit.
On Sunday morning, her fever spiked to 102 and she had uncontrollable chills and very labored, wheezie breathing. I gave her some ibuprofen, wrapped her in a blanket, and held for 90 minutes until she started to feel a bit better. So we gave her lots of TLC yesterday and today she is at home with daddy getting even more! The last I checked in, her temp is normal. So I'm hoping she is on the mend.
Stay well!
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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