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11.5Kgs and counting

My beloved traveled from yesterday and with school round the corner we had no choice but for me to take baby gal yesterday for her review at the cardiologist. Well somehow Samara doesn't like the weigh scale no more and when she finally got her weight checked it showed something like 12Kgs. Our doctor was so excited to see her and how she has put on weight. He said all is well and we need to look out for now at her age is home accidents like burns, drinking what she is not meant to as at this stage they are very curious and also pulling things from above...otherwise he was happy and didnt even give us another review date  and said she can go to school. That was good news for us.

So today Friday, baby gal had a jab and my beloved we missed him much as you all know by now he is the one who holds her down for such.But amazingly when we entered the nursing room, the nurse whom we have met severally at the baby wellness clinic was so amazed at baby gal's growth. In fact we stayed for about 5-8minutes just her talking at how Samara has grown tall and healthy.  When baby gal was half halfheartedly convinced to step on the weighing scale she was at 11.5kgs and again the nurse was shocked. She knew we had heart surgery and was just jazzed at how she has sprouted from 9Kgs to 11.5/12Kgs.I shared with her our joy and how thankful we are to God for the changes we seeing in our daughter.

Well time for vitamin A came , baby gal was not coopreating but that one is oral and the jab on the hand was done and it wasnt so bad,little tears and we were done. I missed my beloved because he needed to be here just to see the progress but I updated him and we are thankful that for once going to the wellness clinic wasn't as dreadful as always. The nurses just out of their genuine concern would point out that the weight gain wasnt good and we needed her checked and we ould then tell them we have an ASD and will have it fixed. Then they would give us a breather until the next appointment. But today it was different and good.

Have a great weekend

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