footloose and fancy-free in late July.

Directed Blood Donations:
Sam is O+ blood type. We have an option to bring our own blood for his surgery on August 10th. I can donate 1 unit, but Sue is a little anemic and breast feeding, so we're looking for a volunteer who can donate 1 pint probably the week before the surgery. Details to follow.

They don't expect Sam to need two units of blood, but that much guarantees not needing to hit the blood bank. At least 1 unit is needed to prime the heart-lung bypass machine tubing.

15 weeks old:
Sam's Pediatrician visit today has him at 13 lb, 10 oz. She noted that he may have reached "critical mass", meaning that he will be showing more VSD-related symptoms. She up-ed his lasix to 0.6 ml 3x/day (from 0.5 ml 3x/day).
We scheduled his surgery for August 10th. It seems like a long way away, but we'll get there.