Music To Our Ears

We are back from the cardiologist. Pierson was yet again a fantastic little patient. Dr. Laird even told him that he was very proud of him. We took Pierson’s blood pressure and it was a beautiful 100/55! He wants it no higher than 109/65 so we were happy… especially since we started out at 151/95!

After that we went in for P’s echo.

P waiting for his echo to begin

Dr. Laird actually did the echo himself which we thought was pretty neat. I watched the echo screen intently to see if I could tell any difference in this time and last… of course I couldn’t. Eh, it was worth a shot. When we sat down with Dr. Laird after the echo to go over the results, Guess what we got to hear? "Everything from the surgery looks great!" Thank you Jesus!!! We still have a ways to go but that was just the news we were longing to hear. Pierson’s heart had been under so much stress for such a long time that the actual heart muscle itself is still thick. That will take a while to resolve so we won’t be signing him up for soccer this year or putting him back at WinKids just yet or taking him out to play in the heat of the day this summer but those things are ok! We are also about a week away from being able to resume life as normal. Your heart gets thick when it fails – but we never got there with P. Praise God! This should resolve. We are also going to work on taking Pierson’s blood pressure medicine down. This will mean going in to Dr. Adams’ office once a week for a nurse BP check. I could probably order a cuff and do it myself but that’s not something I want to chance. We’d just assume leave that to a professional. Hopefully we will be able to take his dosage down by .5ml every week until he is off of the medicine. If all goes well he should be off of it in 6 weeks! Woohoo! Our next scheduled appointment is in October. That seems like forever away but it’s only 3 months. We have been on this journey for nearly a month now and it seems like it all just began yesterday, so 3 months I’m sure will be here before we know it. We will be approaching the throne of grace for this transition and hope that it all goes smoothly.

After P’s appointment we went by Sprinkles to get him a cupcake as a reward for being so good and cooperative at the cardiologist. He was counting on a Texas Rangers cupcake but apparently they only have those on days they have home games. P was a little disappointed but settled for a regular red velvet instead. The last time we swung by Sprinkles to get a cupcake was the day of our diagnosis and it was all I could do to order without bursting in to tears. I really felt like we were celebrating today – because we were. We are rejoicing and praising God for all He has done and all he has yet to do in our little boy!

So this is kind of funny – we had the news on while we were playing last night and there was a report on how Nolan Ryan was hospitalized for his heart condition. Pierson stopped playing and looked at me and said "Oh no! He had to go to the hospital because his heart was sick too?" I told him yes he had to go to the hospital too. "Oh. Does he have a boo on his back too? God had doctors for his heart?" Yes he did baby, just like He provided doctors for your heart when it was sick. "I hope he feels better soon."

Pray that Pierson can come off his hypertension meds soon. Pray that the heart muscle thins and heals itself. Pray for P and for us as we resume our normal schedules and routines soon. God is so good to us. Looking at where we are and where we could have been is just amazing. Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God! All day long God has been speaking to my heart about trusting in Him and not being afraid. I thought I would leave you with this verse and a few pics of our precious boy!

Isaiah 26: 3-4 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.

Enjoying our celebratory cupcakes in the backseat

Throwing pennies in to the fountain outside of Dr. Laird's office