Dr. King

We took Trigger to see Dr. King (the pediatric cardiologist) on Wednesday. They did another chest xray and EKG when we first arrived. Dr. King did hear the heart murmur and told us that it was PPS (peripheral pulmonary stenosis), which is one of five normal heart murmurs that many children have.
Here is a link describing it:www.childheartassociates.com/PatientInfo/Murmurs_PPS.htm
Actually, Dr. King said that all babies are born with heart murmurs (100%-no exception).
It's just that most go away by 3 to 6 months.
They expect Trigger's to go away but they will do an echocardiogram on Dec. 10 to get a picture of his heart on ultrasound.
Then we will go back in February.
And he will go back at 2 years old to have another echocardiogram done.
But Dr. King said that at the current time, the PPS poses no health risks to Trigger.
We are VERY thankful that everything turned out ok. Matt and I talked to a lady in the waiting room. Her grandchild had to have 2 heart surgeries after he was born and will have another at 2 years old. And, just today, I talked to our termite guy and he said that his granddaughter was born with two holes in her heart and had to have surgery, feeding tube, and was hospitalized for 3 months. SO...it seems as though there are many people out there dealing with medical issues. We are very thankful that ours have been minor bumps in the road!!
By the way, I am getting to post in the middle of the day because we are out of school today. There has been a horrible stomach virus spreading quickly around school so the administration decided to let us have a day to get well and stop spreading the germs. I made sure I washed my hands a thousand times a day and sprayed lysol on everything! I am enjoying the day off!!!

Pjs and other things...

I stayed home with Trigger last Thursday because Liz (Izzy) was out of town. It was so nice to be able to spend the whole day with Trigger. We even had lunch at Matt's office. After eating, Trigger and I went home and put on our pjs. Chasten (Miss Dance) gave Trigger the pjs and they are PRECIOUS! Of course, they are mostly red because that's my (and Chasten's) favorite color. Trigger also sat in Izzy's bumbo seat that she let us borrow. So...we decided to take some pictures.
The other pictures are of Trigger in his Thanksgiving outfit! We took the pictures outside so he loved it. He loves to be outdoors...just like his daddy!
I hope you enjoy the pictures.

First Outings and HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

We went to see Dr. Slusher on Wednesday for a 3 month check-up.
Trigger weighs 12lbs 10oz. WOW!! My baby is getting sooo big. We got a good report. In fact, she did not even hear the heart murmur this time. But, she said for us to not be surprised if she hears it next time. Dr. Slusher gave us the green light to go in public but told us to still be very careful. We aren't suppose to have him near sick people and she said to keep everyone from touching his face and hands (esp. children)! So...Friday I had an inservice and there were no children at school. On my lunch break, I went to pick up Trigger and took him to school to visit his future teachers and Mrs. Charczenko (our elementary coordinator). And, he sat through his first faculty meeting. He was a little angel! Then, when we left school, we went to visit Daddy at work. This Sunday we will take him to Sunday school with us...WOW...we are starting to feel like a normal family again. It's nice to not be so restricted anymore. However, it does worry me that he's going to get sick...I guess he has to get sick sometime.
HALLOWEEN...Matt and I took Trigger to Arcadia to finally meet his cousins (Chelsea, Corbin, and Anna Grace) and to see Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Clay, Grammy and Papaw. They had only seen him through a window. They were very excited because they have waited a long time to meet this little guy!! Afterwards, we headed to Ruston to see my parents. Trigger got to see Izzy (that's Liz...she used to be Grammy (and still will be to Abby) but Trigger didn't need two Grammys) and Poppy AND Uncle Lance. We would have loved to have had the time to visit Aunt Vanna, Uncle Seth, Aunt Karen, Uncle Will and Sydney and Abby. But, Trigger was pushed to his limits!!! It had been an eventful day for him. As you will see in the pictures, he's dressed as a pumpkin! He was BURNING up so we had to take a few pictures and then remove the pumpkin outfit!!! I hope you enjoy the pictures!
Also, I am adding two pictures from our Fall Centers Party at school. One is of the Pre-K teachers: Mrs. Woodard (me), Miss Dance, and Mrs. Storms. The other is of me (the black cat) and Abby (Sharpay).

Elephants!

I just wanted you to see Trigger in his precious elephant outfit that our cousin Kim (and Daniel) got for Trigger. If you know Matt well, you know that he has a wonderful talent of making animal noises. The elephant noise is definitely our neices and nephew's favorite. Sooo...this outfit is perfect for Trigger! And..I love the BRIGHT colors!
The last picture is of Trigger's first bandaid. The accident is really just too sad to explain (especially since it was my fault!).