Scott Mallinson

Today marks Scott’s birthday, and one year since a wee boy said hello to the world a little too soon. Scott had a small party to celebrate his birthday, and indulged in some of his favourite treats (sweet potatoes, blueberry puree, oatmeal, and a tiny tiny taste of icing from his cake). Scott is still [...]

Scott is closing in on his first birthday, which is only about five weeks away. His corrected age is about seven months right now, and his weight is about 10.5 pounds. The weight gain has been slow, but his doctor is not concerned, as he is eating well and has been tolerating solid foods without [...]

Today Scott reached a milestone. He has now been at home for longer than he was in the hospital. Scott is doing very well. He is making new sounds every day, and his upper body strength is getting better. He has tried a few spoonfulls of baby cereal, and despite being a little puzzled by [...]

On Friday, September 10th, Scott went in for his follow-up appointment at Children’s hospital. He was weighed at 9 pounds (just over 4 kilograms). After growing slowly in August after his surgery, he has started to gain weight faster. His checkup included visits from several doctors, all of whom were extremely impressed with his progress. [...]

Scott has successfully completed his first half-year. On Tuesday, August 3rd, he went in for a checkup at Children’s Hospital, and they turned off his oxygen for a while to see how he would do. He was completely happy, and his blood oxygen level stayed high. The doctor said it was fine to send him [...]

After a few more visits to the neurologist, it was determined that Scott was going to need his shunt operation to provide a permanent solution to the pressure in his head. He was booked for Friday July 23, and the surgery went very well. The operation involvs running a thin tube all the way from [...]

New pictures are finally up! Scott is still doing fine. He has been to the hospital a few times for checkups and appointments, and the news has been generally good. There is still a very good chance that he will need to have a shunt placed in his head to help the fluid flow more [...]

On Saturday June 12th Scott came home. After a week of strong feeding, and “good behavior”, Scott was deemed ready to make the big step. He will be on a bit of oxygen for a little while and will still need to be seen by the doctors regularly. We will also need to avoid busy [...]

This whole thing just does not get any easier. Scott is relatively stable at the moment, but is dealing with some big hurdles. His PDA duct in his heart is starting to cause trouble with his respiration, due to the blood going the wrong way. He also has a blood infection. The heart problem is [...]