On our way home from Iowa City after a morning cardiology appointment for Kiran.

First of all, no wonder he’s feeling heavier these days! He’s 70 pounds! This is great news, as it’s right at the average for his age. This means we are on the right track with his diet/calories, and he’s growing as he should be.

Heart is stable with no significant changes from six months ago. The plan remains the same – Kiran will go to the cath lab in June. Decisions will be made on the spot when that happens but likely some ballooning, perhaps placing a stent, maybe even a stent with a valve. He will need to stay overnight in the hospital since he will be intubated for the cath procedure.

Kiran hasn’t been in the cath lab since he was two years old. We have been so incredibly lucky! Dr R is hopeful that the interventions they decide on in June will give us another five years or so which will lessen the amount of significant interventions needed in his life.

Kiran was a star patient as usual, with the echo and EKG technicians both commenting on how easy he made their jobs.

All in all, though not the way I would have chosen to spend my morning (6 months ago Holly made bad decisions), it went exactly as I had hoped.

And man, I am one lucky mama. He really does make the job easy.