2 Big Events

Lorelai's baby blessing was such a special day. I had surprise family come from out of town; Chris and William! I love those boys so much and it just made everything a little more special for us. Ryan did a wonderful job blessing Lorelai. There were instant tears because the very first words were, "We bless you with health, and wholeness". With the pending heart procedure approaching, those words really meant something to me and I couldn't hold back. Ryan is such a tender man, and I love his emotion when he talks about his kids. He loves us so much.

Grandma Brower made her blessing gown top to bottom and it is just lovely. The little bloomers really tie it all together. Thank you grandma! You're so talented and wonderful and we just love all you do for us.

The heart procedure was today. It went very well. Dr. Womack is amazing and extremely down to earth. He wears old red converse sneakers every day. He came to Pre-op with his left elbow all purple and blue. When we asked him what he did to hurt himself he said it was from gearing up for a sweet slapshot during a fooseball match yesterday. Funny Dr.

He said that Lorelai responded very well to the dilation of her valves. There was only one glitch that made this procedure less than perfect, and that was that they had to take a different route through her heart than originally planned. But it's nothing to worry about. He is very optimistic that she will not have to have this surgery done again. I asked him about her numbers compared to a normal person so I could put it into perspective; a normal persons blood flows through at 1 or 1 1/2 meters per second. Lorelai's WAS flowing at 4 meters per second, which is too much pressure, which is moderate concern. If it was at 5, it would have been extreme concern. NOW it is at 2 meters per second, and that's a happy place to be. She will always have a small murmur, but it's the loudness of the murmur that counts. And her murmur has changed from high pitched to low pitched. YEA!  Another number comparison is that her gradient, or pressure of flow, went from 50 to 15 or 20 after this. I would say the procedure worked for sure!

It took a little while for Lorelai to figure out how to nurse effectively. Her throat was really sore and irritated from the oxygen tube that was down her throat, and she kept choking on the milk. They wouldn't let us go home until she'd fed three times and wet two diapers. She did that just fine by dinner time. But after we had been home for about 30 minutes, she projectile vomited a lot all at once and now she's sleeping and tired and has an empty tummy   : ( but we will keep a close eye on her through the night and make her eat a little at a time so that her poor little tummy can get back on track.

We are doing well but we are so exhausted at this point. It's been a long day. Gabe spent the night last night at his grandma Warner's (my mom's) and he was an angel I guess. I hope! Sometimes grandmas see the world through rose colored glasses, if you know what I mean. Gabe usually has a couple of monster moments every day, but I'll humor his grandma Warner this time. Apparently he put himself down for a nap today and slept for an hour and half. And now he's in his room singing himself to sleep at this very moment. He sings himself to sleep every night. It's either Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or a new variation of the Alphabet song.

Well, I'm pooped.