Eye Appointment

Everett had an eye appointment on Thursday. Dr. L said that his eyes are improving!! We will change up his treatment slightly by dialating both eyes on Sunday nights and just the left on Wednesday's. Dr. L says this will make E more willing to wear his glasses when both eyes are dialated. He is hopeful that if we can get Everett to wear his glasses more often that the glasses will correct his eye problems and he won't have to have surgery. Dr. L said that he is still borderline on whether he needs surgery right now, but that he won't perform surgery if it's needed until E is around 5 years old. We're very happy with the news we got. The picture at the top is E riding his car in the backyard.
These two were taken at The Wonder Place.
Last weekend we went to Hot Springs for the wedding our two of our friends. Grampy, Chinah, and Grace met us in Hot Springs and kept E while we were at the wedding. We did some sight-seeing on Monday and everyone came back to Maumelle with us Monday afternoon. We had a very good visit.


Everett, Grampy, and Grace in Hot Springs.

I took this one yesterday while he was sleeping. I thought he looked so sweet.

One year

Today marks one year since Everett's last open heart surgery. So much has changed in a year. We're currently in the process of moving so I can't post pictures because I have no idea where the cord that connects the computer to the camera is. We're moving to a duplex in the same town that we already live in. The best part is that E has a big backyard to play in.

My little baby is now a big boy. Everett turns 2 1/2 years old tomorrow on the 13th. He is talking up a storm. Everett is quite opinionated and is not afraid to tell anyone what he wants. When he wakes up in the mornings he shouts from his room, "Mommy, Daddy, I get OUT!!!" until we come and get him out of his crib. He loves being outside, and is crazy about his Daddy. He recognizes the Fox 16 logo on the TV and tells people that "Daddy works at Fox 16."

From a heart standpoint, everything looked good at his last appointment which was in December. It has been almost six months since his last echocardiogram, so I'm curious as to what we'll find out in April. He has been very out of breath lately and his legs and arms take on a dusky color pretty often. His oxygen levels have been great, though. When we left the hospital last March, Everett was on a whole host of medications. Over the past year we have weaned him off of most of them, and now we're left with Enalapril, Aspirin, and a daily vitamin. He will be on these three indefinitely. We are so grateful that he is doing so well and know that we are truly blessed to have him in our lives.