Please come to Boston.....

Giggling with Raah

Terry and Emmie

Checking Will out!

Emmie is showing off her new bling from Raah!

Liz's family arrived on Wednesday and we've had a blast showing them NOLA. Emmie has loved hanging out and "walking" with Aunt Betsy, Raah, Terry, and Will. Betsy may have depleted the snoball supplies all by herself! I will post photos soon of their visit.

Emmie had a routine (or at least we thought) cardiology appointment on Thursday. Her O2 sats have been trending down and they were a little lower on Thursday. Based on the echo and her sats, Dr. Young thinks it's time to do her next surgery. Everytime we take her to the doctor, they can't believe how well she's growing. She has just grown so well and so fast (thanks to her best friends) that it's time to move forward with the next surgery. We have decided to take her to Boston for this surgery. This was a very difficult decision because we really had a great experience at Ochsner and will certainly miss the doctors and nurses there. We decided to go to Boston in the end because it is one of the best centers in the world and we didn't want to have any regrets. We will fly to Boston on Sunday. She will have a heart cath on Monday or Tuesday and her surgery will be on Wednesday. It's been a whirlwind since yesterday getting everything arranged. Now as long as the weather will clear up, we will be on our way to Boston. I will keep the blog updated to let everyone know how Emmie is doing. We appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers.

Amy

P.S. I went through all of the pictures and one's left to wonder- Where's Betsy? at the snoball stand! Betsy was too busy taking pictures or eating snoballs that she managed to skip having her picture taken. We'll have to remedy that situation next visit. Also, thanks to the whole crew for the moral support and for running errands. We greatly appreciate you all and are glad you all came to visit. Thanks also to Stephanie for finding the oxygen so we could fly!

ag