Tuesday, August 5, 2008

PDA - Spontaneously Closed!!!



Yes, that is right! We went for Ally's annual pediatric cardiologist appt this morning and the doctor said that Ally's PDA (patent ductal arteriosis - hole in her heart) has closed! She even dismissed her from needing to come back on a yearly basis! Wonderful news and an answer (a good answer!) to many prayers. I told the doctor that we WILL be back once we get Alaina home from China too...

Ally was a big girl at the doctor and got on the table and laid down with no tears. They didn't even have to do the echo-cardiogram like we expected! YEAH! (pics taken with my phone)

At her 3 year well-check up, Ally got 2 shots without crying. She is also now officially on the growth chart! She is in the 2nd percentile for height (34 inches)! But she is in the 0 percentile for weight -- not quite on the chart at 23.6 pounds! Still a "little bitty chick-a-dee"!

6 comments:

Donna said...

WOOHOO WOOHOO! I knew that girl was Special -not special needs :) Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday. What is little Miss Ally into these days?

Carol said...

Yeah!!! Go celebrate!!! Good news!!! Emily had surgery for her VSD/ASD but I can deal with yearly check ups!!!!!

That's wonderful!!!!

Alyson and Ford said...

Great news!
Congratulations on your DTC!

Alyson LID 01/27/06

The Hindsman's said...

Ally looks so big!! What a wonderful praise!!!!!!

Deb in MT said...

Yay for Ally! I hope we get the same good news for Anna during her next year's cardio appt. But even if not, she's fine & doesn't need anything special.

This has been a banner week for your family!

Hugs,
Debbie M.

Anonymous said...

What a blessing! So happy that you don't have to worry about that anymore. We were at Sheryl's today and EK got to play with Ally for a little while. Hope to see you soon!