In Good Hands

We are in Houston. We make the long trek back to Anchorage, tomorrow. Aubrey had her heart looked at Monday. That wasn't much fun, but went much faster than the last time we were down here. She was pretty groggy the rest of the day and slept a lot, but was back to herself today. We met with the doctor early this morning. His first comment to us was, "I think she has gotten a little better." He gave us a long explanation and showed us how things look better even though her septum has gotten thicker. She is responding favorably to the medicine she is taking. Her heart isn't working quite as hard to squeeze as it had been previously. He could even tell a diffenence in the sound of her murmur (I was quite impressed that he can remember what it sounded like before and distinguish between them.) We are to just keep doing what we are doing for now. She'll keep taking the same dose of the beta blocker three times per day and we don't need to do anything different unless she begins to develop symptoms (pale color, sweating, shortness of breath.) We will make an appointment with the Anchorage cardiologist for a month from now and then again in about 3 or 4 months. Then come back down in December. We are glad we came down, and also glad we don't have to come down for another 6 months (It's a really long trip.) We are so thankful to have family here and that Aubrey is seeing this doctor. We are in good hands.