Phew. Today was Chase’s May visit, and the last one before his surgery in June. We’ve been trying to make the most of this time, filling it up with family visits and mini vacations, but with barely a month left before we head to Atlanta it’s time to start preparing.

His visit today went okay. His coloring is good and we got another oxygen sats reading in the mid 80’s (which still seems a bit surreal to me, but hey – I’ll take it!) However, Chase doesn’t seem to have grown any since last month. In fact, it looks like he lost about half a pound. Although it isn’t unusual for Heart Babies to have trouble growing (their heart burns up a lot of calories just to work properly,) this is a little strange because he’s been growing so well up until this point, and nothing obvious has changed.

Dr. C isn’t overly concerned, though, because his surgery is already scheduled for next month and that will “reset” everything anyways. He thinks the best thing to do is to see what happens from there – in fact, he isn’t even calling for a follow-up appointment (like he might have if the surgery weren’t so soon.)

Other than that, everything went well. Chase has also been tentatively approved for daycare in August (two months post-op, as long as everything goes well,) which means that I should be able to attend a few classes in the Fall. Hurray! Until then, though, that To-Do list will keep us busy!