A second visit with Sydney

March 5th & 6th, our friends Kim, Tim & Sydney came to Greenville for a family gathering. While they were here, they came to visit us for a few hours. I got to spend some time with Sydney and they got see Hailey as well. If you are not a faithful blog reader, Sydney was born Dec. 10th, 4 weeks before Hailey. I couldn't help but take another picture of the girls and compare them to the ones we took of them the first weekend in February. The first picture is from February and the second is March 6th, 5 weeks later. It is amazing to see how much they have grown.

St. Patrick's Day

Here are a few pictures of Hailey in her St. Patrick's Day dress. Thanks for buying her the dress, Zelda.

She is doing wonderful. She has slept through the night for the past two weeks. We put her to bed around 7 or 7:30 and she sleeps until 5:15, when we wake her up. I know, we are very very lucky. She just got over her first cold and she was a trooper.

Also, she got weighed today and she is now 14 lbs 9 oz. Growing, Growing, Growing...

Hailey's 2 month check up

I have been a little slack updating the blog. My plan is to update the blog once a week with pictures and/or information.

So, Hailey had her 2 month check up last Thursday. Paul and I took her to the appt. When we got there, they weighed her and she was 13 lbs 14 ounces. Whew, do we have a big baby. The nurse and the doctor said not to worry but if you know me, you know I worry. Dr. Erwin came in and checked Hailey out. She gave her a clean bill of health. Then the nurse came in to give Hailey her first round of shots. She had to get three shots. It was heart wrenching, knowing that my little girl was going to be in pain. Paul had to leave the room because he does not do well with needles. I asked the nurse if there was anything that I could do and she said just be ready to pick her up. So I was.... The nurse gave her the first shot and she instantly started screaming, she gave her the other one in the same leg and then switched to the other leg for the last one. As soon as it was over, I grabbed her and held her until she calmed down, a little. I wanted to cry myself but I held it together.

She has to go back again for a 4 month check up, at which time she will get another round of shots.

Heart Doctor

Well yesterday was a long and busy day. We had an appt at East Carolina Heart Institute for Hailey. The appt was at 1:45 and they tell you to arrive 20 minutes early but of course I was 30 minutes early. So we got there at about 1:15 and did not walk out the door until 3:45. When we got there we were in the waiting room with so many other children, since it was the pediatric department. You couldn't help but feel bad for so many of them knowing that they had heart problems. We sat and waited to be called. When we were finally called back, the nice nurse ran an EKG on Hailey, well a few EKG's on Hailey. Who knew it was so hard to run one on an infant. She had little sticky pads all over her, one on each of her arms and legs and then five on her chest. Every time she moved around a little, the stickers would come off. Paul, the nurse and I tried to keep her as occupied as possible so she would stay somewhat still. She did great. After the EKG, she had to go for a sonogram. She did fairly well during that test but got a little fussy at the end because she was tired and needed a nap.

So after the tests, the doctor came in to see us with the news. The news was both good and bad. The bad news is that Hailey has a small hole (about 1mm) between her right ventricle and left ventricle. The good news is that the hole is in the muscle and should close as the muscle grows. If it doesn't ever close, that is ok because there is really no risks associated. She could do everything in life that she wanted to do and most people would never know that she has the small hole. The doctor said the only time someone would have to know was when she had a "dirty procedure" (doctors terms not mine) like having a baby. She would then have to be given some antibiotics so that no bacteria got inside the hole. The doctor informed us that she would like to see Hailey every year to monitor the hole and see if it is closing.

Thank you all for keeping Hailey in your thoughts. Tomorrow (Thursday. March 5th) she has her 8 week check up where she will receive her 2 month shots. Stay tuned for that post....

On another note, along with bringing Hailey to the heart doctor yesterday....we sold our house. So we are closing on this house April 16th (45 days). We do not exactly know where we are going to be. We made an offer on a short sale house this afternoon, so we are waiting to hear back. For those of you not familiar with a short sale, it is a house that is for sale but getting ready to go to foreclosure. So it may take a little longer to hear back from them. Stay tuned for more information on that as well.