Maddi is gaining weight!

Maddison had a doctor’s appointment today with her pediatrician. It was a great appointment! Within 2 weeks Maddi has gained 1 lbs 1 oz! So she is now at 13lbs 1oz!! WHOO… He was very happy with her weight gain and her O2 stat was 91 which was the highest she has ever been at his office. She did have to get 2 shots so she wasn’t happy about that but overall it was a good appointment! Next week we have an appointment with her cardiologist. I am eager to hear what she has to say about her progress. I am very happy with her weight gain and she is doing very well at home!

Maddi got her first EYEBROW haircut! Haha… her eyebrows are forever long and they were actually getting into her eyes so I had to trim them. She got SO upset like I had cut a part of her away… poor thing! She was attached to those bushy eyebrows!! Haha… They are still bushy! She’ll love plucking those when she gets older!! Her head hair is growing like crazy. I’d say it’s about an inch long if you pull it out. She’ll surpass Kenzie with her hair at some point!

I will update on how her appointment goes on Monday with her cardiologist. I want to know what she’s thinking about another heart cath. From what we were talking when we left the hospital was an end of November date, hopefully that is still okay. I really want her home through Thanksgiving and I think with her o2 stat today she’ll be happy with that! I’ll keep ya posted!

Ashley

Surgeon Appointment

Today was the appointment with Maddi's sergeon that did her intestinal surgery. It was a long hour drive to Orlando to go to a 30 minute appointment where he said "that looks good", then another hour back. But atleast we know everything is going well with her Nissen surgery scar. So far she is doing really well with that surgery. She still has a bad gag reflex but nothing comes up. We have to use a tube to vent her a lot of the time and she is super gassy. She was kinda like that pre-surgery, now it's worse.

I have one appoitment a week over in Orlando for the next 6 weeks! I tried to get some of them on the same day and this or that doctor is out so it didn't work out. I guess it's better than sitting in the hospital day in and day out but it's still a long drive. Although Maddi did great today. She slept on the way there and on the way home so it worked out.

Well just wanted to post about her appointment today and let all of you know she did well and he said she looked good! Next week we see her peditriction who is going to give her shots :o( poor baby!

-Ashley

Maddi is HOME!

Maddi came home from the hospital on Wednesday afternoon. We are SO glad to be home. She has been doing really well at home with her family. She is loving spending time with big sister, Mackenzie. It's funny how fast we fell back into a routine. It feels like she never left. We are so happy she gets to spend Halloween here with us. I just finished up their outfits last night! I need to get a pre-Halloween photo! They will be SO cute! My little M&M's are together!

We have a lot of doctors appointments within the next couple of weeks. I am going to try to get some of them on the same day. They have like 2 or 3 a week! It's crazy! I hate driving to Orlando especially with Maddi in the car! I hope to get most of them done all in one day! We saw her doctor here in Lakeland on Friday. She had to get two shots :o( and I had to get the flu shot too :o( Ouch! But the doctor said that was the best way to prevent her from getting sick! So I'll take a little poke for Miss Maddi.

I updated a new video on her page here. She was just talking away and had hiccups at the same time! haha.. it's was funny! She even talks in her sleep at night... It is SUPER hard to sleep at night when she is talking. It takes me a few minutes to figure out if she is upset or just talking. Most times it's her talking! Guess she gets that from me :o)

I hope to get the girls to the pumpkin patch this week to take photos. Kenzie's school sets up a huge pumpkin patch each year and we've gotten photos of her every year, now it's time to get photos of both girls! SO excited! I will make sure to post one when I get them done!!

Thanks for keeping up with Maddi here on her blog. I enjoy posting updates about her and hearing your comments about her! Keep the prayers commin', can't ever have enough prayers!

-Ashley