I know it's a day late...but Merry Christmas everyone! The girls had a great Christmas. Gabi woke Jason and I up at 7am and was full throttle the rest of the day! We had to force her to take a nap because she was so wound up! Christmas was so much fun this year because Gabi actually appreciated it and had fun!
On Christmas Eve I took Sophia in to Dr. Wellman's office to get her blood pressure taken. I think after seventeen months, I have finally found the key to helping us at his office...Gabi. She was such a wonderful big sister. She opted to get her blood pressure taken before Sophia, so that she wouldn't be scared and so that she saw that it didn't hurt. They also showed me how to us it so that the nurse could walk away and I could be the one to push the button! It actually didn't take us too long, even though we did learn that since Sophia is such a hard read we have to have it on the adult function rather then the pediatric function! Her blood pressure was still pretty high for her age and her repair, but it was lower then it was when we went on the 15th...such a relief! On the downside, but also an upside so I don't have to worry about it, on the way to Dr. Wellman's office I got a phone call from Seattle. I hesitated to answer, okay, I didn't answer it, I let it go to my voicemail, partly because I was working on getting the girls out of the door to get to Dr. Wellman's office and partly because when I saw that 206 area code I knew exactly what it was and I didn't want to deal with this on Christmas Eve, let alone when I was home alone with the girls. Anyway, Sophia's cath, but probably stent procedure is scheduled for January 21. We're looking at flying down to Seattle on January 20 and returning around the 24th. They want her to stay in the hospital overnight and then stay in Seattle for a day. I'm trying to find the silver lining in this situation, like we aren't being medivaced and there is great food there, and I may try and sneak a visit to my cousin Kim while I am down there and I am doing a pretty good job of it. It still sucks though! So if you are in the Washington area and want to see us...let me know :0)
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