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Thursday, December 4, 2008

He Gets an A+ in Art

My son has his annual appointment with his cardiologist this afternoon. Yesterday, when I told him we would be seeing his heart doctor he got a little nervous.

I reassured him, "There won't be any needles. They're just going to put some stickers on your belly (an EKG) and then they'll put some goo on your chest and use a wand to take some pictures (an echocardiogram). It won't hurt at all."

Of course, because he's a boy he then asked, "What kind of goo?"

"Well, it's kind of like clear jelly, but it's not sticky. You'll be able to see your heart on TV and sometimes they add color and you can see your red and blue blood mixing because of the hole in your heart. It's pretty cool, buddy."

He asked, "My red blood mixes with my blue blood?"

"Yes, it does."

He scrunched up his face and said, "Maybe that makes my blood purple."

Labels: Kids, Prematurity, Shameless Statements

# posted by Momo Fali : 7:00 AM

Comments:

Ah, organic learning, lol. Brilliant.

# posted by

Anonymous : December 4, 2008 at 7:18 AM

A+ for sure. :)

# posted by

Melisa Wells : December 4, 2008 at 7:26 AM

Ha! A very nice way to sum up the process. Hey, how about a few other results from mixing red and blue blood?

A) Aristoplebe
B) Plebeocrat
C) Demoblican
D) Repubocrat
E) Barney

Eeeek! Naw, let's just leave it at plain old purple blood! A+!

# posted by

Irish Gumbo : December 4, 2008 at 7:55 AM

The boy is just to quick. :)

# posted by

Anonymous : December 4, 2008 at 9:29 AM

He's been watching his Nick Jr! See they do learn from that crap!

# posted by

WeaselMomma : December 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM

What a genius! I can get behind purple blood. As long as it's not green.

# posted by

Mama Dawg : December 4, 2008 at 9:51 AM

he is way smarter than me! I just learned blood is blue and turns red when air hits it or something like that...I forget already BUt YAY for your lil guy!!!

# posted by

Unknown : December 4, 2008 at 10:20 AM

He's a smart kid. I hope the tests go well. It's so hard, as a parent, to watch our kids go through stuff like that ......

# posted by

Anonymous : December 4, 2008 at 10:45 AM

He's got the spectrum figured out, that's for sure! Good luck and well wishes for you; I've had my fill of Doctors this week too.

# posted by

Anonymous : December 4, 2008 at 11:29 AM

Just let him know that people with purple blood are way smarter than us regular people.

Good luck with your appointment.

# posted by

kaila : December 4, 2008 at 11:30 AM

Smarty pants! =) Let us know what he thinks when he sees it.

# posted by

Heather : December 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM

Ack! Impressive for a little guy! I would be hyperventilating on the floor!

# posted by

AutoSysGene : December 4, 2008 at 1:13 PM

CUTE!

# posted by

Misty : December 4, 2008 at 1:19 PM

That's adorable! He's so smart.
Can't wait to hear his thoughts on the appointment!

# posted by

Rachel : December 4, 2008 at 1:57 PM

It IS cool, though, to watch your very own heart on the screen, beating in real time. Mine was rocking out to the beat, bigtime, fwoosh fwoosh, blue, red, great fun. Give him a hug from me!

# posted by

Anonymous : December 4, 2008 at 2:21 PM

Can't argue with logic. Hope it all went well.

# posted by

Tom : December 4, 2008 at 4:22 PM

How cool would purple blood be? I think he's on to something!

# posted by

Amy : December 4, 2008 at 5:06 PM

That's so cool! He's smart :) I hope everything goes well.

# posted by

Jaina : December 4, 2008 at 5:16 PM

He has a nice outlook on things. What a sweetie.

Hope the visit went well. I keep up with your tweets. :o)

# posted by

Rhea : December 4, 2008 at 6:31 PM

You almost make it sound fun. Then again anything with you would probably be a good time.

# posted by

Anonymous : December 4, 2008 at 6:35 PM

clearly, you don't use crayola. that would be ruby red, mixed with cornflower blue, which makes purple mountains majesty.

of course, god probably uses the more basic colours.

# posted by

holly : December 4, 2008 at 7:04 PM

Mr.Smartypants ;)

Hope all went well :)

# posted by

Miss Lisa : December 4, 2008 at 7:10 PM

You see, t.v. watching does pay off.

# posted by

Dapoppins : December 4, 2008 at 8:29 PM

Makes total sense to me.

# posted by

Captain Dumbass : December 4, 2008 at 9:23 PM

What a quick kid. Love it.

# posted by

Aunt Debbi/kurts mom : December 4, 2008 at 10:15 PM

Hey, why didn't I think of that?

# posted by

Piper of Love : December 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM

funny AND smart? I hope you're prepared for the league of little girlies that will be beating down your door & ringing your phone off the hook.

# posted by

Birdie : December 5, 2008 at 12:59 AM

clever, clever boy!

# posted by

the planet of janet : December 5, 2008 at 1:59 AM

Aww, I hope his appointment went well. He is SOMETHING special, your son :]

# posted by

Anonymous : December 5, 2008 at 11:39 AM

How did the appt go?

# posted by

Anonymous : December 5, 2008 at 11:58 AM

Aw. He is too darn cute for his own good.

# posted by

Anonymous : December 5, 2008 at 6:15 PM

I've been reading your most recent posts and your son sounds like a riot!

What cleaner should the mom use to clean up purple blood? Comit with a short i?

# posted by

K and/or K : December 6, 2008 at 12:01 PM

Spock ain't got nuthin on him!!

# posted by

BusyDad : December 6, 2008 at 12:24 PM

Love it!

I hope the appointment went well.

# posted by

Missives From Suburbia : December 6, 2008 at 6:18 PM

I used to really believe that it was. :|

# posted by

María : December 6, 2008 at 8:21 PM

I love how kids think. :)

# posted by

metalia : December 6, 2008 at 9:56 PM

Is that where they got the term Purple Heart from?

# posted by

LiteralDan : December 6, 2008 at 10:50 PM

For sure an A+ he has a great outlook!

# posted by

OHmommy : December 6, 2008 at 11:39 PM

Very active kid! I liked the way you explained each and everything to him! your kid is very special! I loved every word of this post.

# posted by

Anonymous : December 7, 2008 at 9:45 AM

Well, it does, doesn't it?!

# posted by

Mrs4444 : December 8, 2008 at 5:18 PM

They add color now? Tell him how lucky he is for me, okay? Tell him that Auntie Mr Lady had to have those monitor things crammed inbetween her ribs and wiggled around and the most she could see was snow on the screen.

THEY CAN SEE THE BLOOD MIXING?

Dude, I know it's scary for you, but that totally trips me out. I'm demanding an echo!

# posted by

Mr Lady : December 10, 2008 at 11:56 PM

(PS: i have two holes in my heart. Don't know if you knew that, and yeah...might be helpful info now:) )

# posted by

Mr Lady : December 10, 2008 at 11:56 PM

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