The first doctor visit (Mon 1/12/09)

We took Kenzie to her follow-up visit with the pediatrician Monday morning. This was the first time he had actually seen her, but it certainly was not the first time that he had heard about her! He said that she looked perfectly normal, but that any long term effects of the medications or machines that she was on, like hearing loss or vision problems, would take longer to determine. He did detect a heart murmur, but at this point they are treating it as a flow murmur and not a structural one. That basically means that he is not that worried about it as long as she continues to eat and gain weight. He also thinks it would be a good idea to have another echo cardiogram in a couple of months or so to insure that the pulmonary hypertension has really resolved itself.

She weighed in at 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 1/2" long. The doctor wants her to put on almost a full pound before her next doctor visit on the 23rd. The way she is eating now, that should not be a problem! I have never seen an infant get through a bottle as quickly as she does.

Little brother, Karson, continues to ignore her and big sister, Kailey, just adores her. She, like her parents and grandparents, would be content to just watch her all day long!!!