Trip to the Doctor's

Well Paul had his annual trip to his cardiologist. He has to go every year as he has a bi cu pis aorta, which means he has only two valves going into the heart instead of three. One of the valves has a leak so since birth the doctors have been keeping an eye on it. If the leak gets to large the doctor will have to go in and do surgery to repair it. He has also a very slow heart rate which the doctor said he would have to have a pace maker put in at sometime. Paul used to fight the whole trip as he hated going thru all the tests which actually were the less painful ones as there are no needles just a lot of wires. They do an echo plus a ekg so he gets hooked with wires and machines a couple of different times during the exam. When they hooked him up to the ekg this time he goes he's like the incredible hulk. He has decided this exam isn't as bad as his regular check ups cuz he gets poked with needle in that one.

So here's our visit.

First we go up the elevator to the doctors office.

We check in, they call us back then they weigh him and measure him. He's 5'2" and all a long I thought he was 5'.

We then go back into the exam room and they take his blood pressure and do a ekg.

The Dr. comes in ask questions, listen to his heart, and then orders a echo.

We then went back to another room where they did his echo and wait for results, which come in a couple of weeks.

The technician gave Paul a picture of his heart so now we have it on the fridge as he was really proud of this.

Thus being our trip to one of his annual trips to the one of his doctors.

And his prize for so being so good was he got his High School Musical 3 DVD which came out on the day of his appointment and he had to have.

Hockey Games & Valentines Day

We've had some fun times in the last two weeks.

First our grandson Carsen got to play hockey in between quarters of the winter hawks game at the Rose Garden in Portland. He's 7 and is getting better every year at the game and skating. Paul's Dad, brothers Tyson, Sam, and nephew Jackson, niece Samantha , Paul, and I went to the game. We had a great time and Paul loves to watch the game and see the mascot.

Then Valentines day came and we all know how Paul loves holidays. He had to get High School Musical Valentine cards and make them out for everyone and then he made his dad and I cards. He got to go to his aunt's house for dinner and a movie, which he got from mom and dad for valentines day. Madagascar 2. He watched that with his favorite Uncle Phil. He packed up his baby Micheal, along with the play pen and diaper bag to share the evening with his Aunt and Uncle. When I picked him up from his aunt's all he could say was how good his dinner was. She is a pretty good cook.

Then Valentines night after Mark and I had gone to bed Paul got my fake flowers of red and white roses and put them on the kitchen counter with a homemade card saying he loves me more. We have a little saying going back and forth with him saying he loves me more and I say I love him to the moon and back again. So I had that wonderful surprise for me when I got up this morning.

Now that Valentines is over we're getting ready for Easter so Paul was busy decorating my living room window with gel rabbits, eggs, and chicks. He has already decorated his living room so I guess now it's our time. He's ready to dye Easter eggs so we're trying to put a hold on that for a little while.

We have been doing weight watchers at home for all four of us as I have mentioned and Paul is doing great. He has won three of the last six weeks but this week he gained a pound after we discovered he has been sneaking food so going to have to keep a better eye on him. He goes Tuesday to the Heart Dr. and I'm sure she is going be happy with him as he has lost 25 lbs since last year.

Lots of changes

We've had some very busy weeks. First Paul's older brother Kevin moved back home for a while and now he has to share his living room with him. Paul was okay with this as long as he didn't have to give up his living room completely. When we told him Kevin was moving home and was taking over his living Paul wasn't to happy with that, but when he told him only had to share it he was happy. So Kevin and Paul spent the next week cleaning his living and organizing it to have room to for some of Kevin's stuff also. Their now working things out with the TV time. Paul does like having his brother home as he has someone to bug him.

The other exciting thing that has happen is on January 22, 2009 Paul became an uncle again. His brother Tyson and sister in law Sheri gave birth to baby boy. Paul loves being uncle and has two nieces and four nephews. He takes pride in this job and loves to play with them all. He got to over this Sunday and hold his newest nephew for the first time. This is where Micheal comes from as he watches his brothers with their families.

So we have been very busy changing rooms around and making new adjustments and of course changes are difficult for him sometimes.