Today we were a little paranoid. But we’re ok with it. Better safe than sorry. Middle of the night, Stephen had a low grade fever of 100.2 and a little redness around one of his incisions (where chest tube #2 was). For the past 24 hours, he has been a horrible grump. Occasional crying and…
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Home
Oh my goodness. We are home. Four days after open heart surgery. I wasn’t anticipating it and I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, it made me nervous taking him out of the hospital with fresh scars. We have to do things a little differently for awhile, like we cannot pick him up…
Good and Bad
The “bad” isn’t so bad – it’s just barf. But sometimes it distracts us from the good. This morning he got a snagged stitch, which bled a little, and that set the tone for a crabby boy. He has been really congested as well, so they’ve been encouraging us to sit him up and get…
Progress
Stephen is making good progress all the time. He is off all the medications, just gets a quick shot of a couple things as needed (like pain meds). They took out almost all his wires and needles, just has one line in the groin- for those quick shots – and the chest tube for draining,…
Open Heart Surgery #2
Stephen had his second open heart surgery early this morning. It was a success, according to our amazing surgeon. We are so glad that he is safe and has a healthy working heart. This morning came much too soon for my liking. We were out of bed at 4:30am and headed to the hospital around…
A Rare Moment of Calm
Or maybe you just can’t see his kicking legs in the shot. Either way… loves.
Bravery
Most days are good. I want to preface this by saying that. But knowing that my itty-bitty baby is having open heart surgery in just a couple of weeks is very anxiety inducing for me. I’ve had a few rough days this month. Where I just can’t stop crying and I’m scared. My emotions are…
9 Months Old
Baby: One of my favorite noises he makes is a little howl, just like a hound dog. So I couldn’t resist getting him this – It has been a fun month with him. We had a lot less doctor’s appointments and that was a nice little break before his upcoming surgery. He is finally sitting…
Parental Advice
On Saturday, I went to one of my oldest friend’s baby shower. Not old as in she is old, but old as in I’ve known her since the 7th Grade. It was awesome to see her all glowing with pregnancy. We participated in an array of activities, like guessing the belly size, taking a quiz…
I Want to Ride My Bicycle
After several years (and I’m not exaggerating about this) of pleading with my husband to get bikes, I just finally just went and got one. This encouraged my husband to get one also. So now we have bikes. Just like that. Sometimes mama needs to take matters into her own hands. I, of course, had…