4 Hours at Children’s

1 Month

Tuesday we had our follow-up with Cardiology and the High Risk Clinic. 12:00 EKG for Hannah, 12;15 follow up with Cardiology, 2:30 follow up the High Risk/Nurse’s Clinic. We’ll totally have time to go down and get lunch in the cafeteria. 

We have to be 15 minutes early to every appointment for sign-in. Which is hilarious because you end up waiting about 15 minutes to even see anyone. I also need 45 minutes to drive down there, park and get to the floor. I also have to pump and feed Hannah. So the 12pm meeting has my timeline starting at about 10:15am. [45 minutes to pump and feed]

Our first appointment went all the way to 2pm!! GAH! Hannah was great, Tim took her to a waiting room to eat. I ran to a lactation room to pump for the FEW minutes we had until next check-in. 

We checked in at 2:15 for our 2:30 appointment. We were both SO hungry and wearing down. We weren't called in until 3:05 - REALLY?! Argh! If we’d known, one of us could have run down for food. 

We didn’t get out until 4pm. I was “hangry” and trying not to be a b*tch to the people seeing us. 

The result of the day:
1. Hannah goes back in 2 weeks to Cardiology. We are adding 1/2 tsp formula to my breast milk because Hannah is not gaining enough weight. This will make the milk 22cal per serving vs 20cal. 
The Cardiologist isn’t fond of Hannah’s rapid breathing - her heart is working too hard, therefore burning too many calories. He’ll most likely put her on diuretics soon to take fluid away from her lungs and help her breathe easier.

2. We do not need to go back to the Nurses’/High Risk Clinic - it’s just overlap and doubling up on efforts, so one less person we need to see. 

Keep on Truckin’