Last year, Nathans preschool started offering piano lessons as an after school activity for kids who were interested. At the time, I didnt sign him up because I really didnt think that he would like doing that. Oh boy was I wrong! One of his friends went to lessons and Nathan said he wanted to go too. I was extremely hesitant about this because first of all, we did not have a piano and he would need one to practice on. That would be a big expense and I was thinkingwhat if after a couple of months he decides he doesnt want to play after all? He seeemed like he was really interested in learning though, but still, he's only 5 and his interests seems to change daily. After a lot of praying and talking it over, we decided to let him try it. We thought that it would be a great extracuricular activity for him.
We found out that Mrs Debbie, a wonderful lady who plays piano for our church gives lessons. So he started going to Debbie's house for 1/2 hour every Tuesday. He's been going for 3 months now and says that he really likes learning but I have an awful hard time getting him to practice sometimes so we will see.
He had his very first piano recital this evening. Debbie had a few of her students along with parents over to play Christmas songs and have some cookies. I wasnt really sure how he would feel about playing in front of a group of people but he did really great! He played Jingle Bells. Most of the other kids were a little older but I think it was very encouraging for him to hear them play. We explained to him that if he keeps practicing he will be able to play like that too.
He's doing very well and I am extremely proud of him! I just hope he keeps it up!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Big Sigh of Relief
Several months ago, we met with a genetics doctor.while over in St. Petersburg. She wanted to meet with us to talk about our family history and have a look at Tyler to rule out any other issues that can sometimes go along with congenital heart defects. Sometimes kids with heart conditions have other issues as well, such as downs syndrome or cerebral palsy.
I have to admit, I did not want to go to this appointment because I thought that it was absolutely pointless. We were certain that Tyler did not have any other issues and this heart condition was just a random thing that happened. After all, no one else on either side of our family has heart problems.
So we spent a good hour or so filling out paper work and answering what seemed like 1000 questions about our family's medical history. She gave Tyler a good look over and reported that she did not see any signs of any other medical concerns and that there was no need to follow up with her. GREAT! But.. she did suggest that we have Nathan do an echo cardiogram just to rule out any minor defects that would indicate a genetic condition. WHAT!!!
I was stunned speechless! I was staring wide eyed open mouth at this dr because she just suggested that Nathan could possibly have some kind of heart defect! This thought had never ever crossed my mind! Not my Nathan who runs and plays and leads a perfectly normal life. Wouldn't we be able to tell if something was wrong?? She went on to explain that sometimes it could be something so minor that you wouldn't know without an echo.Uggg! after all we had been through with Tyler, just the thought of Nathan having anything heart related made me sick with fear.
So after several months of stalling, I finally made an appt for Nathan with our wonderful cardiologist. He did an EKG and an Echo and guess what? Nathan has a heart murmur. But Dr. Garcia called it an innocent murmur. He said that an innocent murmur is a noise caused by blood flow through the heart and is not a sign that something is wrong. Most children have an innocent murmur and it will most likely go away with age. They are commonly heard in children because their hearts are very close to their chest. Dr. Garicia felt confident that Nathan has a perfectly normal healthy heart.
What a big sigh of relief!
I have to admit, I did not want to go to this appointment because I thought that it was absolutely pointless. We were certain that Tyler did not have any other issues and this heart condition was just a random thing that happened. After all, no one else on either side of our family has heart problems.
So we spent a good hour or so filling out paper work and answering what seemed like 1000 questions about our family's medical history. She gave Tyler a good look over and reported that she did not see any signs of any other medical concerns and that there was no need to follow up with her. GREAT! But.. she did suggest that we have Nathan do an echo cardiogram just to rule out any minor defects that would indicate a genetic condition. WHAT!!!
I was stunned speechless! I was staring wide eyed open mouth at this dr because she just suggested that Nathan could possibly have some kind of heart defect! This thought had never ever crossed my mind! Not my Nathan who runs and plays and leads a perfectly normal life. Wouldn't we be able to tell if something was wrong?? She went on to explain that sometimes it could be something so minor that you wouldn't know without an echo.Uggg! after all we had been through with Tyler, just the thought of Nathan having anything heart related made me sick with fear.
So after several months of stalling, I finally made an appt for Nathan with our wonderful cardiologist. He did an EKG and an Echo and guess what? Nathan has a heart murmur. But Dr. Garcia called it an innocent murmur. He said that an innocent murmur is a noise caused by blood flow through the heart and is not a sign that something is wrong. Most children have an innocent murmur and it will most likely go away with age. They are commonly heard in children because their hearts are very close to their chest. Dr. Garicia felt confident that Nathan has a perfectly normal healthy heart.
What a big sigh of relief!
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