Echo Results

Allie's echo came back fine on 3 of the 4 points. The other wasn't visible so I dragged the poor kid to one more doctor...a pediatric cardiologist. Praise God, after examining her he said her heart murmur was nothing to be concerned about.



On another note, she had another UTI and seizure and is back on antibiotics. She's doing much better now though.



I have pictures and more to post but that will have to wait for another day. :)

Echo

Allie had an echocardiogram today. We won’t get the results for about a week since they send them to the pediatric cardiologist in Sacramento. But I'm not too worried about it.

She’s had a heart murmur I believe since she was born. The pediatrician said it sounded like it was an “innocent heart murmur” but since we have met our insurance deductible for the year we should go ahead and have it checked out now. I’ve been putting it off for a few months but finally decided to go ahead and get it done before the end of the year.

I was postponing it because they needed her to lie completely still for about 40 minutes to get everything done. Allie can’t even get through a meal without wanting to run around like a wild child. They took pictures, sound, and video from about 5 different angles. They were really great. They turned off the lights, turned on cartoons, left the room, and let me give her a bottle and rock her to sleep. Then once she was a sleep they came back in and did the echo. So, she pretty much slept through the whole thing. From my perspective, it couldn’t have gone better. It was trauma free.

Politics Through the Eyes of a Child

My family talks a lot of politics especially lately. The little ones of course are always listening even when we don't realize it.

A couple of weeks ago, my 3 year old nephew James, was listening to a conversation his aunt was having with someone. They were talking about the current condition of the economy. Lesley said something about whose fault it was and James piped in and said, "Well, it's not MY fault." Lesley, said "No, of course it's not your fault. You weren't even born when those things were decided to cause this. So, if the economy isn't your fault whose fault is it?" James says, "Obama".


5-year old Claire has also been listening to the political conversations going on at her house and she has a prophecy for Americans if Obama is elected:

After a conversation about how getting a job is important to make money to support the family she added her political insight.

Claire: You want to make money, but not too much money, not like 100's....
Lesley: Why not too much?
Claire: Because if you have too much money they might throw you in jail.
Lesley: Why would they throw us in jail?
Claire: Well, not me, but the parents.
Lesley: Why would they throw the parents in jail?
Claire: Because there might be poor people and the police might throw you in jail to take your money to spread it around.

So, if you can't tell who I'll be voting for based off these conversations I'll make it simple...it's McCain without a doubt.

Rock-A-Bye Your Bear

Allie loves to dance with the Wiggles. This was the first day she did the motions to one of their songs so I had to get it on video.