Isabelle Bentley

She makes my heart melt with how happy she is.  She went to the doctor today and he checked her for things kids with down syndrome can get such as cataracts. She doesn't have anything. Her eyes are straight. However he used some instrument and said that she may need glasses when she is older. He said she is slightly nearsighted. But slightly in the sense that he explained it, "if she were driving on a highway at night and it was raining, she may have trouble seeing distances". So no real worries. 

Ugh. Two appointments today too.  First up was a cardiology appointment. They hooked her up to machines. Her heart is looking great (for what it has) - best case scenario. It's balanced still. Neither side is working harder. The doctor said she's doing so well that she may not even need surgery at 4 months - she could go until 6 months. The bigger, the better... and since she is SLOWLY gaining weight, it might be better to wait if we can. He doesn't even want to see her for 2 months. We're still waiting for the cardiologist from Children's to call.  Then she saw the eye doctor. It's still too early to tell if she will need glasses however there are 2 things that could be very serious in newborns with downs syndrome. One is cataracts and the other I forget but good news - she has neither and it's very unlikely to develop after her current age. YAY.