Pediatric Cardiologist and Chuck Norris

We had our appt. with the pediatric cardiologist from Cook's today (they do a clinic here twice a month) and here goes the long explanation. Addison did great! They did an echocardiogram that only took about 15 min., which was fabulous compared to the previous echos that took about 45 min. The doctor was there for the echo and explained everything that he was seeing. He said that she still has the hole in her heart between the upper chambers, but this was not a big deal and shouldn't cause her any problems. (This was a little bit of a surprise since the last echo they said that they didn't see it.)

They did still see the narrowing of the pulmonary arteries. The doctor said that the type and severity of narrowing (stenosis) that she has is pretty unusual and he doesn't think that it will go away on its own. She has what is called branch pulmonary artery stenosis because the narrowing is where the artery brances to take blood to the right and left lungs. This potentially could stress her heart because it has to work a little harder to get the blood through the arteries. However, the doctor said that she is just fine and should continue to do fine. In the future, we may have to have a heart catheter procedure done to get a better picture of her heart and possibly put some stents (sp?) in to open up the arteries. We will have another appt. in 4 months to check on this. The part that freaked me out the most was when he mentioned that sometimes this condition is associated with certain syndromes (yikes!). He didn't think that this was the case with her, but we are going to see a geneticist in 4 months to check on that...just to make sure. It still scares he pants off of me.

So, that is our heart update. At her appt., Addison weighed in at 17 lbs. 4 oz. and 25 in. long and she is now six months. That translates into a lot of rolls.



Now, for the Chuck Norris portion of my post. Last night, I was introduced to some Chuck Norris-isms that are pretty hysterical. I encourage whether or not you are a Chuck Norris fan, to check out this website... www.chucknorrisfacts.com

Here are the favorites just to give you a taste.
1. If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.
2. There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris's computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.
3. Apple pays Chuck Norris 99 cents every time he listens to a song.
4. Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.
5. Chuck Norris can eat just one Lay's potato chip.
6. Chuck Norris is suing Myspace for taking the name of what he calls everything around you.
7. Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
8. Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.