These are some pictures of Karsyn and Koen in the first snow. Kars didn't last long out there but I couldn't get Koen to come in. He just loved it! Its amazing that 3 weeks later he would be able to play in the snow. Today is 4 weeks since the surgery and he is about back to normal in some ways better. Friday we went back to the cardiologist and they were really pleased with him so they pretty much turned him loose beside tackle football :) When we got there its a really long walk to the office and it used to be that he would make it to the front doors and then I would have to carry him the rest of the way but Friday he got out of the car and ran the whole way and wasn't even puffing:)

Good news

We got some good news today! Chest x ray looked great and we took the bandage of of the chest tube hole and it looks good too. He said tonight when we was eating that he don't have any band aids, ports or bandages anywhere. That's a great feeling!! We are done at Dr offices until Friday to check his coumadin level, I just wish we could get that leveled out now and then maybe we would be over the hump. I have heard people say how hard that was to get regulated and now I understand. One day its up the next its down but I'm sure we will get there. He needs to be on it for about a year and than he can go back to aspirin. He cant swallow pills and it don't come in liquid form so I have to crush it up and put it in something. He thinks its just awful which I'm sure it is but he don't swallow it somehow he can take a drink and keep all the pink crumbs in his mouth, by than he is just having a fit how bad it is finally after about ten minutes he can get it down. If anybody knows how to teach a 4 yr old to swallow a pill please contact me:) THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED ON SATURDAY WE REALLY APPRECIATED IT!!!! SPECIAL THANKS TO CALVIN AND KAREN AND THE REST OF OUR FAMILY!

DR. Arensman and Karsyn

Trying to steal his bacon

Its Sunday morning and we are getting ready to go home!!!! We ARE SUPER EXCITED:) We need to come back on Tuesday to do blood work and another x ray but we wont think about that now we just get to go home today and that's all that matters right now. I have some good pictures of Kars and is cardiologist that I was trying to get on but cant get this computer to work so I will have to do it when we get home. Everyone that has heard us talk about Dr. Arensman will get to see how funny he is:) Kars loves him. He always listens for his heart in his feet than his knees and then acts like he cant hear it Kars just thinks that is so funny. Oh by the way his x ray not much better but at this point it will not get any worse so just keep praying that by Tuesday it will be gone.

Disappointing day

In case you you haven't heard we are back in the hospital. We came down yesterday to take his drain out of his chest and things did not go as we had planned. When they pulled it out they saw that the stitch was a little infected so they just put a pressure bandage on and when he sit up he was crying and coughing of course and the tape came lose on the bottom and he sucked air into his chest cavity and collapsed part of his left lung. It never really affected him that we could tell but it can be dangerous guess, so they admitted us and was just watching him over night. The docs said if it didn't get better by this morning they would put a small tube in his side to try to drain the air out but thankfully it improved so at this point we just have to sit and wait until they think it is safe for him to go home. He does another x ray in the morning so just pray that is clear. We were really really disappointed but could it could be worse.