Stella had a follow up appointment last week, and everything went great! She had an echocardiogram and a visit with her cardiologist, Dr. Shepard, and everything is continuing to heal spectacularly.  She is now released from ‘sternal precautions’ with the direction to ease back into normal activities - if we can slow her down!  As you can see from the photos, she is excited to be climbing and such again! She’s been so good at being mindful of her body, and now several times has asked for confirmation on certain things… “Can I do pushups? Can I carry my backpack? Can I climb this? Can I have a piggyback ride?” She’s so happy to have the answer to all of the above be ‘yes’!  She will have another few follow up appointments over the next several month to continue to monitor her healing heart, but we are past the highest risk of complications in healing.  It is amazing how quickly she has recovered!

We likely won’t be updating here again, but please feel free to reach out to us if you want to connect.

Thank you again for all of the love and support, we are appreciative beyond imagine, having this strong network of family and friends made this whole thing a bit easier.

Peace and love to all,
Michelle, Michael, Stella & Lucy
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