Doctor Visit

We were a bit nervous about the drive up to Boston and what shape the roads would be in so, we left extra early to make sure we got there.

Once we were out of the neighbourhood and onto interstate roads the only thing we ran into was regular morning rush hour traffic. I was really surprised at how well the main roads were considering the secondary roads were full of all kinds of ice.

Anyway, made it up there and saw Dr. Marx. Ellie was not too happy about having an echo. But after the echo tech asked Dr. Marx to come into the room to do the echo, and he serenaded her with Old McDonald, she allowed him to get some really good pictures of her mitral valve.

Dr. Marx was very happy. She has put on a pound since he saw her in December (she is now 18lbs 8 oz.) and is very active. She’s pulling herself up and trying to walk with our help. He was so impressed with what he saw, both physically and on the echo, that he doesn’t want to see her until July. Dr. Marx keep saying, “I think she is going to be alright.” I think he feels like the valve just might work and she might be fine. What wonderful news. We still don’t know for sure, and might not for awhile, but he is very happy so far and so are we.

Ellie has come so far in the last two months we can hardly believe it.