Good Report

Charley had his appointment with the Cardiologist this morning. We are happy to report that it went very, very well. His murmur is known as a Ventricular Septal Defect, which is a hole that separates the right and left ventricles of the heart. This causes oxygenated blood form the lungs to mix with blood coming back to the heart from the rest of the body. If this hole were big it would cause a lot of extra blood to be pumped to the lungs and back to the left ventricle so that the left ventricle would enlarged...not good. Charley's is a very small hole that does not cause the heart to over work itself which means it is not putting any strain on his heart and does not pose a problem for Charley. The doctor expects it to heal on it's own but will check it again in a year. We are very thankful for all the prayers & praise God that Charley will not be effected by this what so ever. (*Sorry to any medical people out there if I got any of this wrong...I am NOT a medical person. :)

On a side note...he did get weighed again today & is now 14 lb 2 oz!! Yup...gained 1 lb & 1 oz in 3 weeks!!!! He clearly does not have a problem eating & gaining weight. :) Can everyone say PORK CHOP! (We love you buddy!!!)