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May 03, 2006
Monthly Newsletter: Month Nine
Dear Dashiell,
April 14 marked 9 months. Amazing that at that point you'd almost spent as much time out of the womb as inside of it.
The big news was that you finally had your heart murmur fixed. After an unsuccessful attempt back in January the various planets such as FDA approval for the plug, insurance, time and all those things aligned and we were able to reschedule and get it all over and done with.
Actually going to the hospital and waiting for you to get through the procedure and recovery and all that was a tedious process, and for you to lie there looking like a little mechanoid octopus with all the wires and tubes hooked up to you and coming out of you it couldn't have been much fun either, but you handled it with extreme good humour, which was good all around. The day after your procedure we had to wait endlessly for a bunch of diagnostic tests before we could take you home, but finally we were on our way and we could put it behind us.
A week later we had a follow up with the cardiologist and you had already put on a couple of ounces which was promising, seeing as that was one of the main things we hoped to change/fix with your procedure. You also made Dr. Crowe envious of your little skeleton tracksuit, which is very cute if I do say so myself.
The spitting and raspberry blowing continued unabated, along with the drooling and lack of teeth. Maybe fixing your heart will finally help them "break on through to the other side". But nothing so far.
Therapy went well, and you continued to get stronger during the month. Occasionally you could sit unassisted for a few seconds, before forgetting that you were sitting unassisted and just falling over. Sadly at your age we can't just tell you to pay a-bloody-ttention, because it all sounds like gibberish to you I'm sure. Hopefully your attention span will lengthen, and as a result your sitting-and-staying power.
Looking forward to the next month...
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