Friday, February 24, 2012

Update on Drake's heart murmur

The doctor said that it was good news ( After 5 hours of bouncing around from room to room) that Drake just has a slightly thinner valve in one of his arteries that sounds differently than the rest but will not affect him in anyway. It's completley normal and just something that some people are born with.

He does have an artery, behind his esophagus , that the blood rushes the opposite way its supposed to. This may cause him to have trouble swallowing when he is ready for solid foods but the chances of that being a problem are very rare.... We'll go back to children's in SD for more testing when he's 6 months old to see if that will be a problem down the road. Other than that he is a healthy 9lbs 2oz and 21 1/2 inches of chubby baby. :)