Last week, Jayden had a check-up at Riley where he had an EKG and an echo done. We met with his Cardiologists, Dr. Cortes, to get the details on how things are looking. Dr. Cortes was happy with what he saw at this point. The band on his pulminary artery is tightening as expected with Jayden's growth. We will go back at the beginning of May for another check-up at which time Dr. Cortes wants to schedule a cath lab. The cath lab involves injecting a dye into his artery to get a more detailed look at how the blood is flowing through his heart. If all looks good, we will then schedule his first open-heart surgery (the hemi-fontan). Dr. Cortes predicts this surgery will be scheduled for July though it may happen as early as June and as late as August. We were informed that the hemi-fontan will most likely require Jayden to be at Riley for about 10 days followed by about 4 weeks of recovery at home with nurse mommy!
Jayden is already 3 & 1/2 months old and continuing to grow. We are officially out of newborn (most) and into 0-3 month clothes!!! He has started reaching for things and putting stuff in his mouth! He is sitting up with help from the bumbo. Jayden has also learned to yell at us as opposed to cry when things are not going his way! Yes, he is quite the talker these days...we are trying to figure out where he gets that!!!
We hope that this finds you well! We will continue to keep you posted.
Love to you all,
Christie, Brett, & Jayden
