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The purpose for this blog is to try to keep friends and family updated on Karsyn. Most everyone knows his life story but for the ones that don't here it is: he was born on April 2 2005 and thats when we realized he had a serious heart defect. He was taken to Kosair Childrens Hospital in Lousiville. His condition is called Dextracaridia ( heart is on the opposite side of is chest ) and Transposition of the Great Vessels ( every artery leaving his heart is backwards.) He had his first open heart surgery when he was 4 days old and the 2nd when he was 6 months and now the 3rd and hopefully the final is set for oct 27. There would be no way to count all the Doctor visits, tests, xrays, heart caths, echos and etc. in between. I don't know where to start or end on his story I could go on and on but I'm sure you would get tired of it. We are so thankful for him don't know what we would do without him. If there is one thing that I have learned- BE THANKFUL for your health. We have a lot to be thankful for, you don't have to be at Kosiar long until you realize it could be so much worse.
Koen is 19 months old and a typical little boy in to everything. Just while I was working on this he got a loaf of bread out and tore it in little pieces on the living room floor. He is going to move in with Joanna & Rachel over the surgery. I told them they are supposed to have him potty trained when we get home. ha ha! That is going to be hard to leave him with somebody but he loves Joanna and loves to stay there so I'm sure he will be fine. She will probably have a lot more gray hair by the time this is over.
My goal is to update this everyday over our hospital stay so we will see if I can get that done. Keep praying for Karsyn and for us as parents.