Caleb Teaches Graysen About Cars

I put Graysen in his Bumbo seat so that he could watch Caleb. Later, I heard Caleb saying, "red car, blue car, police car, truck, ..." as he showed Graysen each vehicle. It was really cute to watch him teach Graysen. Both boys love watching each other and get along great!

I spent today preparing for Graysen's heart catherization. The packet of paperwork came this past weekend, so today was spent reading it, making reservations, call insurance, etc... The cath is scheduled for July 29th. During the catherization, doctors will look at the condition of Graysen's heart. They will use the information that they gather to determine what action needs to be taken next and how long they can wait until his next surgery. After the cath, the doctors will send a "surgery request" to the surgeon. He will then look over the cath and determine what surgery needs to be performed and when. I was told to expect a phone call about two weeks after cath at which time they will tell us our expected surgery date. (Based on all of our doctor visits and last surgery, the surgeon told us to expect the Rastelli procedure within the first year. I do not think that we will find out anything different from the heart cath. The purpose of Graysen's cath is to determine the timing of the surgery more than the type.) Also, as a note, MUSC told me to expect to be bumped several times even after the surgery date is set. Nothing is set until he rolls into the OR for surgery. We learned that from our first experience...

The good news is that Graysen continues to be a super star heart baby! He is doing great and hasn't gotten sick even once. He is a very strong and resilient baby.