Today was a good day.

Emma had an appointment today with Dr. Kanakriyeh, her cardiologist. We were there from 2pm to almost 6pm. They finally let us leave and will be calling with the results from the ECO or we would have been there longer. They were very busy today, it doesn't usually take this long. As you can see we got very bored. After being in the waiting room for about 45 min, then in the EKG room about that and then in the consult room about 30 min and the ECO room another 1/2 hour we got pretty creative. We had special activities each room. The waiting room we played with her new doctors kit that lights up...very cool. She took my temp. and gave me lots of shots, she also gave a little hope to a woman who was pregnant looking at having a baby with possible heart problems. Next came the EKG room where she gets weighed and measures and gets to put on her stickers. Then the alligators hang onto the stickers so she has to hold very still so they don't fall off. She loves it and is very cooperative. Then came waiting so she drew on the paper on the table. She got very creative with her stickers as feet and hair for her person. Then she drew a picture of Dr. Kanakriyeh with his glasses, very impressive and a picture of her next to him. She tore it off and gave it to him. He liked it so much her cut it out and made a photocopy and put it in her chart. Next we waited for our consult so we made paper airplanes. Emma wanted a size representing each member of the family. She would say lets fly the daddy plane and the little Tessa plane. Then we stacked them all together and flew them all at once so they scattered through the whole room. Of corse Dr. K walked in right when we had them strategical scattered in every corner of the room. Embarrassed I quickly picked them up and told Emma we couldn't play airplane any more. He asked how she was and we began discussing such. While we were talking I watched him take a paper from his prescription pad and begin folding and tearing away at it. I didn't think much of it until I noticed it started to take shape. Emma watched intently until her handed over a very high tech paper airplane. Thrilled she threw it in the air and hit him with it. They both laughed. He was very pleased with how well she was doing and seem very optomistic about her future. We looking towards and praying they will re-evaluate her around her birthday and he said maybe the beginning of the year. I didn't get pictures of the ECO but immagine an ultrasound on your chest. Emma had a sucker in each hand and as soon as one was gone it was quickly replaced. I seriously think she had six suckers. Boy was she happy...she didn't stop talking the whole way home...yeah sugar high. This was a pretty typical visit but just wanted to share the details. We go about every 2-3 months and have an ECO every other time. She loves to go and is adored by everyone there. Today was a good day.