Just a couple of Doctors appointments

By this time with Vince we had been through two surgeries, been in the NICU and PICU, had seizures, and many other appointments on top of that.  This time, we have had just three appointments, one with the Cardiologist and two with his regular doctor for just the normal check ups.  To say the least this is a very different experience, and we are very grateful for that.  We still have some things to get though, but we will tackle that when that time comes.  So far Dominic is doing great!  When he was born his oxygen levels were a little low which is not completely unexpected with the heart defect, but by the end of the night it was up to 100, which is perfect.  He had an echo-cardiogram while we were in recovery right after birth and it showed everything they expected to see, he still has the two holes in his heart that will have to be fixed.  We met with the cardiologist before we left and she said the most important thing Dominic had to do was gain weight.  The goal is still to have surgery in between 4 and 6 months old and after that we should be pretty good.  They want to let him go as long possible but they don't want to let us get to far into flu season.  Nick and I are hoping for the end of November or beginning of December.  We don't know much about anything right now, but we will know more as time goes on and when we do we will pass that information along.  As far as the weight gain goes, Dominic is a champ!  He is very different than Vince in that way as well.  He wants to eat all of the time, during the day he is still on an every two hour schedule with a little longer at night.  In six days he gained 8 ounces.  He is most likely over 9 pounds by now.  The doctors were very happy with him when they saw that.  We will be seeing the cardiologist every month until he has surgery.  Other than that we have been enjoying our time together!

I took a few pictures of the boys and then somehow we all ended up with Michigan shirts on, so we ended the day by taking pictures of that too.  Speaking of Michigan, this Sunday is Kids Day, so Vince is very excited to go to the Big House and run on the field, he cant wait to tackle Nick.

 Vince loves to hold Dominic!

 A sleepy smile

 Vince is a funny boy

 Go Blue!