Quick Updates!

Karter is doing sooo great! She is now 7lbs 2oz! We have had weekly weight checks and oxygen checks and so far she has been able to keep her oxygen level steady and she has also been able to gain weight every time we have been in the office! We went and saw her Cardiologist this past week and received wonderful news! She is doing better than they expected by being home! We did learn that they are planning on doing surgery around the end of July or in August. The reason for this is that they feel that her little valves will be firm enough to operate on and get a great repair. We did ask if they felt like they would wait any longer and they told us no that by the end of July or in August that she would be in perfect shape to undergo surgery. We also asked if they would be able to microscopically operate or if it would be open heart and the doctor said that they would defiantly be doing an open heart surgery. I feel that Miss Karter Bear is in the best hands possible for this surgery, she will have one of the top 5 pediatric cardiologists in the country performing her operation. In the meantime she is holding up wonderfully!

Her latest appointment this week was an eye check. Although they can not tell us if she can see 100% they were able to confirm that she was cataract free! This is great news!!! She does have a astigmatism that they will be monitoring but a lot of people have astigmatisms and do not even need glasses. It was so wonderful to hear great news from a doctor for once!

Things that they will re-evaluate this coming month are her thyroid and liver count. They are still getting abnormal readings but have determined that they can not find anything wrong. These abnormal readings could be what they call reading from sluggish cells trying to become normal. Otherwise her cells are not fully developed to their best potential and may be giving off an inaccurate reading. This is very common in newborns especially in Down Syndrome babies.

This past week has been a very long week and I can honestly say I am very glad it is over!!! Karter received her first set of shots and upon doing this Addison came down with some weird fever virus making it a long week with sick kiddos for me. Addison also developed another ear infection! (Making a total of nine for this year alone!) However all seems to be well with the girls tonight! Now if we could just get Daddy well! He is now suffering from an abscess in his mouth! It has been very hard with him feeling so bad!

So for tonight I will leave you with those current updates! I promise to be more vigilant in keeping this updated so I do not have to overload everyone with so many different things! :)

Thank you all for your continued support and prayers!

Love you,

The McHams