Saturday, March 31, 2012
Dr. Sydney can see you now
For Valentine's day this year we had to spend the week in Portland to get our little one checked out. At Sydney's 6 month well check the nurse practitioner and doctor noticed a loud heart murmur. So loud that they sent us the next day to River Bend to get an Eco. Syd did wonderful during the test. We thought that everything would be fine but in less than an hour the doctor called us and told us that Syd would have to go to OHSU to have heart surgery. HEART SURGERY? I know, super scary. So we packed up and within two weeks we made our way up to OHSU. We had the chance to meet with Syd's surgeon who told us more information about what he was going to do. Dr.Birch explained to us that some of Syd's blood that has already been used is being pumped back into her heart to be re-pumped (which is not good). In her x-rays of before and after, you can see where the leak is and how it was fixed. If this was not fixed it could make her heart become enlarged because it is working harder. To do the surgery they were going to go through her main artery in her leg and fiber optically travel up to her heart to place a coil. The coil that would be inserted has fibers connected to it to help close off the hole and eventually tissue will grab onto them to close it completely.
We wondered what would happen after the surgery. They had told us that she would be able to go home that day because her surgery was so early in the morning, but when she came out of the procedure she had a major coughing attack from being sedated for so long. From the coughing attack her incision opened up (it just had a band-aid on it, no stitches) causing her main femoral artery to start bleeding. A little scary, but it worked out ok. Come to find out that when she was in surgery they had to hold compression on the same area for 50 min. CRAZY! After we got everything under control we found out we had to stay so they could watch her over night. This turned out to be the worst part of the whole experience. She did fine, but Syd is so wiggly and active that being hooked to things just to make sure she is breathing sucked. I'll let you know if she stops breathing : )
Anyway, by noon the next day we were literally waiting in a line at the door for the nurse to tell us we could go home. I think they were keeping us until 12 so they could charge us for another day : ( Oh well. After we left Syd did fine and didn't have any complications. We had a couple of things that we wondered would change after the surgery, and they did. One of them was Syd's cough. Sydney has had a cough since she was about a month old that she always struggled with. It wakes her up at night and bothers her during the day. I had taken her into the doctor multiple times for them to check on it, with no solution. WE FOUND IT-HAVE HEART SURGERY! The doctor said that some of the blood and fluid that was re-circulating into her heart could be going into her lungs, causing the cough. I guess he was right (that's why he gets paid the big bucks). Syd has not had her cough at all since about 2 weeks after her surgery. The other thing we were wondering about was why Syd was so skinny. The doctors said she was fine in %, but she didn't have a roll on her body. Now, she is starting to pack on the rolls. When we asked the doctor about it, he said that it is probably because her little body is working extra hard to pump blood, which burns more calories. This makes perfect sense now, that's why she was eating so much.
Anyway, Sydney is doing great and growing like a weed. Here are some pictures from our adventure.
We wondered what would happen after the surgery. They had told us that she would be able to go home that day because her surgery was so early in the morning, but when she came out of the procedure she had a major coughing attack from being sedated for so long. From the coughing attack her incision opened up (it just had a band-aid on it, no stitches) causing her main femoral artery to start bleeding. A little scary, but it worked out ok. Come to find out that when she was in surgery they had to hold compression on the same area for 50 min. CRAZY! After we got everything under control we found out we had to stay so they could watch her over night. This turned out to be the worst part of the whole experience. She did fine, but Syd is so wiggly and active that being hooked to things just to make sure she is breathing sucked. I'll let you know if she stops breathing : )
Anyway, by noon the next day we were literally waiting in a line at the door for the nurse to tell us we could go home. I think they were keeping us until 12 so they could charge us for another day : ( Oh well. After we left Syd did fine and didn't have any complications. We had a couple of things that we wondered would change after the surgery, and they did. One of them was Syd's cough. Sydney has had a cough since she was about a month old that she always struggled with. It wakes her up at night and bothers her during the day. I had taken her into the doctor multiple times for them to check on it, with no solution. WE FOUND IT-HAVE HEART SURGERY! The doctor said that some of the blood and fluid that was re-circulating into her heart could be going into her lungs, causing the cough. I guess he was right (that's why he gets paid the big bucks). Syd has not had her cough at all since about 2 weeks after her surgery. The other thing we were wondering about was why Syd was so skinny. The doctors said she was fine in %, but she didn't have a roll on her body. Now, she is starting to pack on the rolls. When we asked the doctor about it, he said that it is probably because her little body is working extra hard to pump blood, which burns more calories. This makes perfect sense now, that's why she was eating so much.
Anyway, Sydney is doing great and growing like a weed. Here are some pictures from our adventure.
Getting ready to see the doctor, while playing on the turtle.
Check out my cool PJ's
NOT HAPPY.
If you look close, inside the biohazard bag at the tip of the pen is the coil that they put into Syd's heart.
This is hard to figure out, but the bottom right x-ray shows the fluid going back into the wrong side of the heart (the dark part that looks like a liver) and the picture on top is the x-ray after the coil was put in. You can see the huge difference.
Coming out of surgery.
Hi, Uncle!
Trying to catch up.
Ok, Spring break is coming to an end and I have not done as much blogging as I thought I would do. So now that it is 9:45 pm on Saturday night I want to do a little catch up. Here are some videos and pictures from the past few weeks. I will also post them in the photo album section for later. Here goes nothing...I might need to post more later or re-organize it. Who knows!
This is a video of Syd working on walking. She still hates trying to crawl, so we thought we might as well work on the walking part. We'll see what she chooses to do.
Look what papa gave me. It's ok, I have a DD. Don't drink and drive.
First time in the shopping cart. I think the term is "lean back."
At my first Portland Auto Show with my Uncle Hussainers.
Watch out here I come!
Rub-a-Dub baby Syd in the tub.
Sydney's first snow of her little life.
Ooooo...Look at my new toy from Aunt Tammie and Uncle Mike
Please excuse my hair...this is my new toupée look.
Yeah, baseball!
Nap Time for All!
Hello, Hello...anyone there? Is that you grandma Sheila. I miss you and love you.
Such a tired little girl.
Look at what mom found me. Too big for now, but my feet will grow.
HI!
Look at my new kicks. I have bright orange ones too.
This was my first time standing with my new toy by myself. I pulled myself all the way up.
Yum Yum! Getting some teeth
Syd had a much better day today. She slept a lot during the day and was a pretty happy girl for most of the day. She got to try graham crackers today for the first time. She loved them.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Our little one is getting so big.
After a weekend with the grandparents and us, Syd finally returned to school to see and play with all her friends. They were very excited to see her. When I came back to pick her up, Kayla (one of her 4yr. old friends) ran to me and said, " She was standing, she was standing" my response " really?" then Issac (another 5 yr.old friend, who absolutely loves her) said "Syd stood, Syd stood...she was standing today."
I knew it was not by herself, but she is getting very close. Sylinda showed me the picture she took of Syd playing and standing with her toy. I realized after looking at the picture, Syd is growing so fast and getting so big. She has not crawled yet, she HATES it, but she really likes standing. Maybe she will skip crawling altogether. We'll have to wait and see.
I knew it was not by herself, but she is getting very close. Sylinda showed me the picture she took of Syd playing and standing with her toy. I realized after looking at the picture, Syd is growing so fast and getting so big. She has not crawled yet, she HATES it, but she really likes standing. Maybe she will skip crawling altogether. We'll have to wait and see.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Cooking with the little one.
Today was our second snow day. Soooo...I thought I would do some projects with Syd to be prepared for the kids cooking tomorrow or when spring break is over and we also tried something new.
1. I made play dough with Syd. I got the recipe online and the nice part is that if she eats it, it can't hurt her.
Here is the website that I used: http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Affordable-Play-Dough/
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
1 cup flour
food dye (any color, be creative!)
newspaper to cover the surface you're working on
It only takes about 10 minutes to make.
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I also found another recipe that uses all natural dyes. I am going to try that later today. Here is the website for that. I will let you know how it goes.
http://www.minieco.co.uk/natural-dye-for-homemade-playdough/
This site has so many great things on it.
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Syd and I also made two different sugar scrubs. Here is the site that I got the recipes from: http://www.tipjunkie.com/sugar-scrub/
We made #5 with the recipe of #9 minus the lemon (because I started making it before I checked to see if I had lemon) and added vanilla to half and almond extract to the other half. They turned out very well. I even scrubbed Syd's hands and feet. She thought it was pretty fun.
1. I made play dough with Syd. I got the recipe online and the nice part is that if she eats it, it can't hurt her.
Here is the website that I used: http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Affordable-Play-Dough/
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
1 cup flour
food dye (any color, be creative!)
newspaper to cover the surface you're working on
It only takes about 10 minutes to make.
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I also found another recipe that uses all natural dyes. I am going to try that later today. Here is the website for that. I will let you know how it goes.
http://www.minieco.co.uk/natural-dye-for-homemade-playdough/
This site has so many great things on it.
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Syd and I also made two different sugar scrubs. Here is the site that I got the recipes from: http://www.tipjunkie.com/sugar-scrub/
We made #5 with the recipe of #9 minus the lemon (because I started making it before I checked to see if I had lemon) and added vanilla to half and almond extract to the other half. They turned out very well. I even scrubbed Syd's hands and feet. She thought it was pretty fun.
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