Gavin's Visit to the Cardiologist

We set off this morning for our sons first visit with his cardiologist. For the most part things went well. Gavin is up to a whopping 9lbs 9 oz and is now 22 inches long. During the echocardiogram, the doctor noted that his heart looked and was functioning 300 times better than what he saw that Monday night in April. He said he was very worried about our little guy. It was so touching, because he remembered that night just as clearly as we did, and you could tell his heart(no pun) is totally in to what he does. He remembered it was storming that night, and he said when he received the echo he looked at it three times at home studying it. He said he eventually went to his wife and told her he needed to leave to check on a liitle guy who was in trouble.
Unfortunatly, on todays echo, the doctor also noted that about 11 percent of the left side of Gavin's heart is dead, due to the lack of oxygen/blood to the area. He said the result is similar in persons who have had a heart attack. He was given
Lasixs-( spelling might be off)to reduce swelling and take more work off of the heart. He said Gavin won't be my long distance runner:( Shawn and I are so torn with emotions...so happy that the functions have improved, but sad that he will have restrictions.