Today at Sheba Hospital, I got to see Montaser. The last time I had seen him was a couple months ago when he visited our community house in Lod with his parents. Then my impression was that he was a small, skinny kid with pretty severe DiGeorge syndrome. What a difference a couple months has made!!!
Today my impression was completely different. While still skinny, he is now quite tall and very intelligent. His father, who is a teacher, says he seems very normal. He is reading, talking, etc, all that is normal in a boy of four and a half.
The echo went well and Montaser handled it like a champ with no crying. He even started to giggle at one point when it seemed to tickle.
The Doctor said that he will need a diagnostic catheterization in the future to see if surgery will be needed to do further repairs.
Please pray that he will continue to grow strong as his father said he seems to have lost some weight and that the doctors will have wisdom as to what to do next.