Carlie

Carlie had a recent well baby check-up for her third birthday and everything looked great! She weighed in at 29 pounds and 35 inches tall...that's six pounds in one year! She also finally hit the 25% for her weight, she had always been in the 5%-10% range. Her vocabulary has also expanded so much (even those who aren't around her all the time are able to understand her) and she always has something to say. Carlie is always trying to do exactly what her sister is doing, she even thinks that she is losing her teeth as well right now, and is constantly on the go. She rarely slows down! We have also been very successful in potty training! She has been wearing underwear for the past week and has only had a few accidents. We are still working on staying dry through the night, she is still on her Lasix, but I know that once she comes off of it we will have complete success. Carlie continues to amaze us with her energy and independence!

I also wanted to give an update on Lauren...she ended up coming home on the 12th, just five days after her surgery. She currently still has her Blake drain (our hospital sends their patients home with a chest tube and parents take care of it while at home. This allows the child to recover at home and not have to spend weeks on end in the hospital.) and is draining between 50-60 cc a day even though she is maxed out on diuretics; they want her to be at 30 cc or below before the drain is pulled. Her oxygen sats are 95, her heart function is great and her tricuspid valve regurgitation is so minimal that it is almost unnoticeable. Lauren will go in for a heart cath on May 12 to place a stent in her LPA that they were originally going to do a couple of days after surgery; Dr. Bailey felt it was better to wait for her to recover a little bit. Camille (Lauren's mom) sounds very upbeat and said that Lauren is doing great!