Non-holey heart update

I had my one month follow up appointment with the doctor last week. The nurse did an echocardiogram on me and it looks like the helix device has stayed in place. The tissue around the device will not be grown over for another 2 months, but is healing nicely so far. Then they will do a bubble echocardiogram and see if any bubbles can still get through the hole or if it has been completely shut. I was told that all bans have been lifted and I can resume with "normal" life. Except I still can't go to the dentist. This appointment relieved a lot of the fears I was having. I thought that maybe since I still had a cough after the surgery that I may have dislodged the device, but I didn't. I am feeling a lot better. I can tell that I have more energy and I don't feel as fatigued. I am still having trouble with sleeping, but that will come. Happy day!