Growing like a weed

Caroline has enjoyed another week of good health and good growing. We visited the nutritionist today and Caroline is officially 2 pounds heavier than she was a month ago. She now weighs 18.5 pounds which places her squarely within normal limits for her age and height.......amazing! Everyone said children grow well after VSD repairs, but after months of slow growth, we never dreamed that it would happen so fast for Caroline. I can't tell you how great it was to see those numbers on the scale this afternoon and to have our nutritionist use the word "thriving" to describe Caroline! Due to Caroline's great weight gain, we've achieved some greater flexibility with her feeding regimen. We're about to embark on a journey to decrease the length of time in which Caroline is fed through out the day. This means speeding up the rate of her feedings, but also giving her longer breaks off the feeding tube. The goal is to eventually get to a meal type feeding schedule that mimics what a child would typically eat. This is going to be a long process and one that will require a lot of patience on our part, as Caroline's system continues to be sensitive to just minor changes in her feeding schedule.

Caroline basking in the glory of her good weigh in.......we are enjoying our visit from Grandma and Grandpa Kot tremendously!

Caroline playing her new "drum"

Today marks 4 weeks post surgery and we are so pleased with Caroline's progress to date. Thanks for your ongoing support and interest in Caroline's recovery. We truly couldn't have made it this far without the love of our family and friends.