Do You Hear What I Hear?

Charlie went in for his 9 month well baby visit today. I was thinking it would be all peaches and cream. He is gaining weight, hasn't been to the ER in over a month, getting teeth, just about to crawl and there would be no shots today. Boy, was I wrong.

It seems, our dearest problem child, has a heart murmur. Now, I know it is fairly common, and they usually heal thyself, and this seems to be the case here, but STILL. Couldn't Charlie do something low-stress for once? It is getting exhausting, bud. And if he even looks at drinking or smoking in high school, I will inform him that his troublesome days are long behind him.

Anyway, the heart murmur. Doc said that it is fairly common to hear it now, as opposed to earlier, and that most likely means it is closing itself up. Still need to see a pediatric cardiologist, just to make sure. Might even have to go a bunch of times, until it is gone. Really, I am not overly worried. Bump in the sidewalk, really. Just not overly happy about it, either.

So, let's tally Charlie's score up until now.

1. The conception. Doc had just told me, 2 weeks before, that it would probably take longer to get pregnant second time around, since the first time, it was fairly quick. He said that was just the way it goes. I miscalculated my cycle, told the ol' hubs on night that he was in the clear and we could forget all the precautions for ONE NIGHT ONLY, and, two days later, my temp went up. Hmmm, must be ovulating today, I thought (I was new to the temping groove). Oh well, what are the chances that ONE TIME WOULD GET ME PREGNANT. Should have listened in health class.
2. First sign of trouble was the very first u/s, done at 10 weeks. They couldn't see anything, which is odd, since I was supposed to be 8 weeks. So, they guessed that I was wrong about my dates (see #1), and had me come in two weeks later. Two weeks later, still barely able to see anything. By now, am kind of freaking. They sent me to the hospital, so that I could have the internal u/s, and all was well. Apparently, my uterus is flipped or some such nonsense, so everything is farther back and harder to see on u/s in the early days (ok, you could argue that this was MY problem, but it is Charlie related, so I still count it).
3. Then I had my 20 week u/s, and there was a red flag with regard to his kidneys. Probably nothing to worry about, they said, this is a common red flag, and it oftentimes wrong. Had to go for another u/s at 28 weeks, and all was fine.
4. He was born, and had jaundice. Yes, common again, but Jack hadn't had it, so I didn't know what to do. Also, my milk comes in late, so it got pretty high as a result. No lights, but we did have to take him to urgent care to get checked, and in the clinic again soon after to be double-checked.
5. At his 6 month appt, didn't gain enough weight, and had to go back 6 weeks later (still don't know what that was all about).
6. The ER trip last month.
7. On-going sleep issues.
8. Now this.

That is almost as many issues as months of his life. KNOCK IT OFF, KID..