Jessica had her cardiac check-up yesterday at Oxford and is continuing to do well. Her sats were 77, which is slightly lower than they have been at home but still within her normal limits and there were no concerns raised from her echo. She is growing well - now 86.7cm tall and weighing in at 12.9kg, putting her just below the 2nd centile for height and staying on the 25th centile for weight. The plan is for another check-up in December. With regards to her next stage operation, there will need to be another cardiac catheter beforehand to check how Jessica's pulmonary vessels are growing but no plans for any surgery before 2015. Ideally, Jessica would be over 15kg before her next stage and if she continues along her current weight centile, that won't happen before she turns 4 so we are hoping that it will be at least another year before she needs any more surgery.
Jessica's eye-check up earlier this month also went well - she still has a squint in both eyes but neither eye is dominant (which is a good thing) and the glasses are helping and her vision is good with them so the plan is for another check-up in six months.
We have been continuing to get out and about over the summer, having found some more book benches (bringing the total up to 35 out of 50), spent lots of time visiting family and doing the Gruffalo trail and a treasure hunt with Auntie Fizz, Ebony and Erin and just generally enjoying the summer.
