Riley Check-Up

Jayden had his first check-up with his cardiologist post-surgery on Monday, November 10th. He had a thorough physical exam and passed with flying colors! His cardiologist couldn't believe how few days Jayden spent in Riley after the surgery. He was very happy with Jayden's recovery and felt that Jayden was overall healthy! We spoke about his next surgery and found that it will most likely not be until the spring of 2010. We had been planning on next fall as the expected time frame, so we were excited that Jayden could grow & become stronger for his next surgery! His next check-up at Riley will be in 6 months at which time they will do several routine tests.

Jayden has a big first birthday coming up! It is hard to believe that a year has passed already. We are starting to understand the common phrase "they grow up too fast" as it is happening in front of our eyes! Jayden has currently mastered the art of rolling though is showing a lot of frustration in his attempts to get his knees underneath him. He is now starting to get into everything and keeping us on our toes! We only wonder what it will be like once he is running around here as we are already learning that teaching him no is not that easy. He loves to shake his head no at us and go ahead with whatever it is that he is not supposed to do! He is working on his 8th tooth these days so he is chomping down on whatever you give him or he finds! You simply would not know that he had open heart surgery less than 3 months ago...he is doing wonderful!

We have added a lot of pictures to the picasa web album including several Halloween pictures of our little monkey! For those interested in seeing them, here is the link: http://picasaweb.google.com/brettskilbred

Thank you again for all of your support! We hope that this finds you all happy and healthy. We wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving! Take care.

With love,

Christie, Brett, & Jayden