Yesterday it was 6 months since Ivy had her Fontan operation. These six months have been great! She is doing so well. She has more energy (she can walk all the way to school and back without getting too tired), her color is pink (as opposed to blueish-purple), her oxygen sats are at an incredible 92-96% on average (they were about 84% before surgery), her scar looks fantastic, and seriously, you would never know that there was ever a problem. She is a superstar. She had her six month follow-up with her cardiologist, Dr Womack this week and he is very impressed with her progress. He gave the green light to wean her off of her Lasix medication (as long as she is doing well), and said we don't have to go back until summer, and then we will probably switch to annual visits! Whoo hoo!
We love Dr. Womack! Ivy used to scream whenever he walked in the room, but she has since learned that he is a super nice guy. When he asks her to lift her shirt to listen to her heart, she does it right away. She holds still and stays quiet when he does an echo, and she is very friendly with him now. She loves his red shoes and the fact that there is always a nice piece of candy at the end of each visit. If we ever do manage to move back to SLC we will be sad to leave him!
Ivy with Dr. Womack back in 2009
