Yesterday we made our second trip to the Emergency Room since coming home from the NICU.  Praise the Lord, it was an easy fix but it was still a very necessary visit!  Here are my FB updates...


Please pray for Wyatt. James Davis and I are at the ER with him. He is bleeding a decent amount from the site around his g-button. James and I could use some prayers for calmness and patience. Thank you. — at Children's Medical Center of Legacy.

I unbuttoned Wyatt's top to find this, this afternoon. His button had been leaking a significant amount with some small amounts of blood. I called GI yesterday and left a message but hasn't heard back so I called surgery this morning and spoke to someone there and they told me to call GI again. But after finding this, I decided I wasn't going to wait anymore. That was a CRAZY amount of difference in a matter of a couple of hours. James Davis met me here.

         

The gauze next to the super bloody one is the one from last night. I kept to show the doctor because I had a feeling we'd be called in but no I what was to come... The top one was from the time we left the house to seeing the doctor- about an hour or less.

Wyatt sleeping while he "eats" and waits to see if  he tolerates his feed. 

We got probably the best/easiest news possible. Praise the Lord! I can't express enough how thankful we are for your prayers. Wyatt has granulation tissue around his button site. This has been our normal. It's been there since day 1 of us seeing his button. We've had it silver nitrated off a few times now and it's never fully gone or way and has grown back. Yesterday I saw what looked like a black suture coming out of it... Not normal and with the leakage and blood, I knew something was up and I was right. This suture may... "may" be the cause of the granulation tissue all along. The NP also thought that the leaking might be that Wyatt needed a larger button placed. So he got a larger (girth) button. They didn't have the larger girth button with the correct length so they just used the next size up. They said it felt good as they popped it in. She also went ahead and silver nitrated his tissue again. We already have a follow up appointment scheduled for the end of May and his surgeon was comfortable keeping that date after talking to the nurse. I didn't start Wyatt's feed this afternoon because I figured it was better for the doctors to look at him empty so he got a little hungry but was a champ! God is so good. Wyatt is getting his feed now and they want to make sure he tolerates it with the new button and hope that there is no more leaking.... So we're just waiting and Wyatt is sleeping. :). Thank you again for praying! God is good and faithful! We should be leaving soon!

Wyatt was wide awake and ready to play once we got home!  Ronix was happy to see us too!  :-) 

We are home now, Wyatt is wide awake because of his long, late nap but he is happy and playful! PTL! Thank you again for your prayers. We have follow up in 2 days with our pedi and 3 weeks with his surgery doctor (not having surgery).  

SO, here we are home now and Wyatt never even knew anything was wrong.  He isn't really bleeding anymore.  He's some small residue but we had that before.  His button is still leaking though.  I'm hoping his pediatrician has some answers but my gut tells me, she is going to tell me to call surgery again.  

Here are a couple of videos.  The first one is a couple weeks old but the second one is from last night after we got home.  

Room Air 100% of the Time / Matters of the Heart

Yup, you  just read that right.  Wyatt is officially ALWAYS on room air, even at night.  The pulmonologist called yesterday afternoon with the at home sleep study results.  He said everything looked really good.  His office said they would call our medical supply company to let them know they can come pick up every single tank of oxygen!!! 

 I would be lying if I told you Wyatt has been wearing it at night and this isn't really a big change for us.  We were putting it on him at night as ordered but in his sleep he would pull the nasal cannula down into his mouth or around his neck and up into his eyes.  We started just pulling it off when he did that in the middle of the night and then we just stopped putting it on altogether because it was so frequent and his O2 stats were always good.  His orders were for 100% oxygen with a 1/32 flow... that's basically NOTHING AT ALL!  But I will tell you, I have this wave of emotion and relief to know that truly no longer needs the oxygen.  It feels good to know God has us beating one of our battles!  Praise His name!  :-)  I am so thankful for the fighter that he has made Wyatt!  

MATTERS OF THE HEART

Alright.  So yesterday we went to see Dr. Gibbin, Wyatt's cardiologist to get a check up on his heart.  It's been four months since we've been in.  He got an EKG and an echo cardiograph.  He did great for his EKG.  The nurses put like a million stickers all over his belly and chest and attached wires to each one of the stickers and took about a minutes worth of information.  A lot of work for a little amount of time.  Those results were good.  Dr. Gibbin came in to see us in between the EKG and echo to see Wyatt.  She complimented him and noticed his activity level.  {He had just woken up from a nap and was a very happy little boy.  He is also trying his hardest to crawl so I felt like the ring leader of a one baby circus trying to keep him still for these test and not letting him fall of the table.}  She also got to see a bit of his reflux at work.  She was really happy he aimed for me and not her.  I was happy about that too.  He hasn't thrown up on anyone else besides family yet (I don't count waiting room floors).  I would have been so embarrassed.  

Then we went in for Wyatt's echo.  He has a history of falling asleep during these but no such luck this time.  He wasn't interested in the Baby Einstein video they had playing for him- it didn't have any words but he calmed down as soon as I put my phone on baby signing time.  I don't what it is about it but babies love it!  

The results from the echo still showed a small PDA and PFO.  Both are small holes in the heart that should close either right before birth or shortly after.  The PDA is so small that Dr. Gibbin is thinking that we can wait until next Spring to do a catheter surgery, if it hasn't closed by that point.  She describes it to minor and quick.  Dr. Gibbin said we would just continue to watch the PFO until he's closer to 3 year old before doing anything there.  She said that could still close as well.  She all the pressures and flows in his heart and his pulsox reading was good and that's why she felt we could wait on surgery.  If it were harming him, the other things would be reading differently.  Also, she did not compare the size of the PDA to four months ago.  I am guessing it's not much different or maybe a tiny bit smaller but obviously nothing too significant or she probably would have noted it.  She wants to see us in six months.  I'll take that as a win!  :-)

We are trying to teach Wyatt "gentle touch" with the dog and us.  He loves to grab Ronix' ears and Ronix is so patient with him.  

He was trying really hard to pull himself up on the side of the crib.  He needs a little help though.  His OT thinks he'll be crawling in the next couple of weeks.  

All in all, we are so thankful.  God is so good.  I am so blessed to have Wyatt as our son.  I know I say it all the time but I honestly can't say it enough.  Thank you!  Thank you for praying with us and for us.  You have made a difference in our lives and help save our son.  :-)  

Happy 9 Months Baby Boy

WOW!  Look at that growth!  :-) God is so miraculous! 

Growth: 

Growing Growing Growing!  

Yup folks, he is getting bigger!  And let me tell you, my arms sure feel it!   

Birth:  weight- 4lbs 8.3oz, length- 18.5 in

Discharge Day:  weight- 9lbs 12.4oz, length- 22.64 in

April 16:  weight- 16 lbs 0.6 oz, length- 27.8 in

That is so exciting!  I love that God is allowing him to thrive and grow.  We have our bumps in the road but he is here with us and on the mend!  :-)  And he's still on like 3rd or 5th percentile on the growth chart curve but he is on his curve and that is something be happy about! 

Teeth:  

We still do not have any teeth!  Can you believe he has been showing signs for like 4 months now!  It's crazy!  You'd think we'd have at least one with all the drool and chewing he is doing!  I have a feeling he's going to get a few at once... that or we'll get like ONE and then nothing for months.  haha.  

Favorites:  

 Wyatt has many favorites!  Sometimes they change from day to day but he has his staples for sure.  

He still loves his Wubbanub!  I'm pretty sure we could consider that his "lovey."  He's gotten so handy with it too.  He reaches for it and puts it in his own mouth.  He'll press with two fingers and hold it in until he has a good suck on the paci.  He just started searching for it in his sleep without waking up, finding it and putting it in his mouth.  That's really great- it means we don't have to jump up as often to go place it in his mouth for him.  

He plays with blocks and musical response toys.  Just this weekend, he let me hand him two separate toys and would hold both of them for a while versus hold one and then dropping it to hold the other.  Today, on his own, he picked up two different objects and held them at the same time and banged them together.  I've been trying to get him to do that for forever now! That was so exciting to see... and he did it in front of his OT!  She was proud too.  :-)  

He loves to stand, jump and bounce!  In his activity center, his johnny jumper, his walker or when one of us is holding him. 

He loves his Daddy!

He loves his Mommy!

He loves his doggy, Ronix!

He basically loves anything he can put in his mouth.  

He really likes to watch his baby sign language videos!  

Sleeping: 

Wyatt is great at sleeping through the night.  We try to make sure and put Wyatt to bed between 7 and 8 but as close to 7 as possible.  He sometimes will stir and if it continues a for a while where I feel his sleep is being affected or my sleep is beginning to be affected, I'll put him in bed with me and that usually does the trick... for both of us.  :-)  He is a snuggler! 

I've been trying to figure out his napping for a while now.  He likes to take these short 15-20 minute naps.  Sometimes he'll sleep 30 minutes but never longer.  And he'd do that 2-3 times a day.  That last couple of days, his afternoon nap has lengthened.  I am thankful for that because for his age, he should be sleeping 2-3 hours during the daytime.  I'm hoping this is a trend that continues.  I'll talk to his pediatrician tomorrow when go for his 9 month appointment.   

Feeding: 

I just posted a long blog about his milk feedings with his pump so I'm not going to rehash all those details.  Go here to see how he is doing with milk. 

As far as solid foods, it's a slow work in progress but progress is progress!  :-)  He usually will take in an ounce to an ounce and a half of puree and oatmeal cereal.  He also try water and juice out of a sippy cup.  We've got all kinds of those sippy cups too.  Going into parenthood, I had all kinds of "we wills" and "we will absolutely nots".  Oh how that changes once you have a kiddo.  And I'll be honest, a lot of them I would have stuck to strictly but desperate times call for desperate measures.  Drinking juice was one of the things I didn't really care for my kiddos to do.  Store bought juice just has so much sugar added and I don't think babies need it.  (I don't mind what you do, it's just a personal preference!)  Now, with Wyatt- I just want him to learn how to drink!  So, if it's milk, water or juice, I don't care.  Once he learns and is comfortable, I'll fight the sugar battle when I get there.  haha.  :-)  

Development:  
Wyatt is not crawling yet but he is going from sitting to all 4s and doing some rocking.  So, that is big news in our home!  He still does not like to lay on his tummy but we make him do it for short periods of time.  I do all I can to distract him from realizing he's on his tummy!  #whateverittakes 

I wrote earlier about him holding two objects and banging them together.  

He sits up on his own and for long periods of time.  Of course he falls some but that's part of learning!  

He babbles all the time.  We hear some "b" and "d" sounds.  He says "he he he" often.  He has the best laugh and laughs often.  

He understands "no" most of the time.  He usually only hears it when he grabs his tube.  I think that is what he associates it with that because it is almost the only time we use the word.  haha.  I'm just starting to use it when he grabs my face and squeezes really hard or kicks me.  I'm also trying to teach him "gentle touch" when the plays with Ronix.  He's gotten a hold of the dog's ears a couple of times and Ronix was NOT a fan but responded nicely by just yelping and walking away.  (Such a great dog!)

He "walks" backwards in his walker but not forwards.  

Coffee Ground Vomit and I Don't Get Along...

Wyatt is ready to go golfing with Daddy!

So yesterday I put this status update on Facebook:

If you think about it, please pray for Wyatt tonight. This afternoon he had an empty stomach but managed to throw up a measurable amount of the brown coffee grounds (blood). It hasn't happened since but GI wants us to come in first thing in the morning. We've had almost 3 months of almost never throwing up but we've had to up his formula intake because I stopped pumping this week and his body is having a hard time getting used to processing the increase in formula. (I've got a stock pile so the mixture is about 2/3 30 calorie breast milk and 1/3 full 30 calorie formula) and the total daily volume has gone up to. I'm scared to go out with him bc of the puking. So sad for him, he hates it so much! And (last one, I promise) tonight he is sleeping with a special pulsox machine that records his heart rate and oxygen levels and if he does "good" according to his pulmonology doctor, he will no longer "need" oxygen and we can have the medical supply company pick up ALL the tanks! Yea! Thank you for keeping us in your prayers. We praise God for Wyatt's growth and progress every single day! :) 

Here is our update:

Wyatt had a good night.  No more throwing up and no more blood.  Praise God.  Thank you for praying.  The mere fact that we go in to see our GI doc this morning first thing is a miracle.  She doesn't usually have open appointments let a lone first thing in the morning, they usually add them to the end of her day.  She said we must be special.  I agreed of course.  We love our GI doc and she loves us!  If you're in the Dallas area and need one, let me know- I recommend her!  Anyway- she said Wyatt coffee ground vomit could have been any one of several things.  i introduced butternut squash yesterday for the first time (she said this was an unlikely reason but maybe and to try again in a few days and for 3 days in a row and see).  It could be the increase in volume and formula.  His body needs to get used to processing and breaking it all down.  So, Dr. A increased two out of three of his reflux meds.  She didn't do this last week at our appointment because at that time he didn't need them increased (I agreed, things were good- very minimal vomiting at that time) and she was going to let him wean himself off by outgrowing the dosage.  I'm all for that happening if he can do it but with the increase in formula/volume, he is just not ready yet.  The third possible reason for this episode could be g-button irritation.  She is his GI doctor but she is not a surgeon so she can look at it and say it's a possibility but the surgeon is the one that needs to really make that call.  She did tell me somethings to look for.

She also called the dietitian in to go over Wyatt's plan of action for his feeds.  We did have on major miscommunication, totally my fault but we still needed to fix it because of his vomiting.  We went from literally little to no vomiting to throwing up almost every feed and at night.  It sucked and I was already adjusting my frame of mind to not going anywhere with Wyatt because I didn't want him puking all over me, himself and the floor of some public place.  BUT with these adjustments, this should not happen.  Praise God!  I am so thankful for getting to go back in.

So, the original plan of action called for Wyatt daily intake of milk/formula to go from 690mls / day to 810.  That is a lot in our little world.  :-)  To break it down a little more (wish I could insert an excel chart here...) at night Wyatt was getting 385mLs over 9 hours (a rate of 43/hour) and 3 day time feeds of 100mLs (I had pushed the rate to 101mLs/hour putting the feed right at an hour).  He was not just tolerating it but able to play, bounce, jump and lay flat without throwing any of it up.  Life felt good and somewhat normal.  I was not complaining.  And with the new volumes it put the night feed at 450mLs at night over 9 hours (a rate of 50) and the three daytime feeds to 120mLs pushing the rate to 120mLs/hour as well.  This is an aggressive plan.  I am a fan of aggressive as long as Wyatt can tolerate it comfortably and we don't know what he can handle until we try, right!?!  :-)

With those 2 changes, I also requested how to transition Wyatt from my breast milk (fortified to 30 calorie with formula) to formula only.  This was a really hard decision for me to make but it is time for several reasons.  We put our house on the market on the 30th of this month and there is a lot to do in preparation (we have painters  and landscapers here as I type...) then to have showings where we (Wyatt myself and our 100 lb doberman) will have to be out of the house off and on who knows when or how often, packing, keeping the house in perfect order and looking for an apartment and a new house all at the same time.  Oh, and let's not forget Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, other doctors appointments and playing and taking care of Wyatt in general... Wyatt's gotten 9 full months of breast milk and I still have more in the freezer to continue using.  He has the milk allergy and as hard as I try, I can never truly know if something has the milk protein or not.  Yes, I could eat at home 100% of the time and know but let's be real, James and I like to eat out and waiters don't know all the time.  They try but you'd be surprised at some of the things that have milk.  It's more than ridiculous!  I felt so much guilt when Wyatt started throwing up, questioning my decision but I know ultimately it's what is right for him and us as a family.  I have to remind myself of this and just rest in the peace of knowing this really is what is best.  :-)

Day one I went all out and did it all.  450 mLs at night with the rate of 50 / hour.  During the day Wyatt received 120 mLs at a rate of 100 / hour all half fortified breast milk half full 30 calorie formula mixed together.  Whew- lots of throw up.  His little body did not like all those changes.  So, I immediately pulled back some before today.  The next night I mixed 2/3s fortified breast milk and 1/3 formula and only gave him 400 mLs but still at the rate of 50 / hour.  I've increased each night by 5 mL (last night Wyatt received 420mLs total and did great).  The dietitian wants me to slow him down there and instead of a 5Ml increase a night go to a 10mL increase over a weeks time.  For the three day feeds we will slowly work our way back up to 120mLs total volume and a rate of 120/hour.  Today I'll start Wyatt at 102 mLs total volume and increase his feed by 2mLs each day as tolerated and once we get to 120, I'll then increase his rate slowly as tolerated.

I give all these tedious details for all the tubie mommies out there.  You never know who is going to have the same problem and it's interesting, to me at least, to know what other kids are capable of tolerating and learning from them too.

Wyatt is doing great and I don't think he ever even felt bad.  I'll post his 9 month pictures and milestone updates very soon!  Just wanted to update everyone and THANK YOU so much for all your prayers.  They've been answered and we hope he continues to accept this new feeding regimen.

I won't know the results of his possible removal oxygen removal at home "sleep study" until they pick up the pulsox and send the data over to his doctor.

Doing laundry wore out Daddy and Wyatt! 

Playtime!

Thanks for praying for Wyatt!!!

100, Yeah, that's right, 100!!!!

James turned 31 last week so we went out and about to celebrate! 

James had to work so we met him at Grand Lux for a yummy dinner!  Aunt Robin joined us to help celebrate 31 years of life.  

I posted pictures last year for James' birthday as well.  I was pregnant with Wyatt and could not even imagine how life would look a year from then and here we sit, blessed beyond measure.  I am so thankful for this man and this boy!  Lord, Thank for his 31 years.  I hope for at least 31 one more with him!  

James was really happy they didn't sing to him when I told the waiter it was his birthday.  

After dinner we went to Aunt Robin's house for some yummy, dairy free carrot cake.  She makes him one every year.  I am thankful for this because 1. it's yummy and 2. I would only know how to open a box and bake.  haha.   James is thankful too!  

Wyatt wore his "I love my dad" shirt for his special daddy!  He loves him so much.
This picture also makes me think of James' dad.  He looks just like him here.  

Aunt Robin has a cat.  This was Wyatt's first real cat!  

Aunt Robin is a personal trainer... a GOOD one... and so we had some fun in her room with floor to ceiling mirrors!
(Need a trainer, contact Robin)

On Saturday morning we headed over to Top Golf with some friends!  We love this place.  A couple of these guys met Wyatt for the first time.  I kept a bottle of hand sanitizer on the table and was a crazy lady making everyone germ-x all the time.

Wyatt with Mr. Brent.  Brent was our best man and lived with us for a while.  Ladies- hr's a good man and loves babies!  :-) 

Mr. Kelly also came out to celebrate and meet Wyatt!  

I didn't have my best day of golfing but I had fun and that is what counts! 

The sun was warm but the wind was brutal.  Wyatt took a snoozer while we finished playing and he finished "eating".  

Chad threw his back out so this is his new swing.  

The birthday guy! 

Miss Whitney snuggling sweet baby Wyatt. 

James is determined to have Wyatt love golf!  I'm totally on board.  It's an expensive sport but it's low impact so I'm a happy camper and we can all do it together once he gets big enough!  :-) (Aggie scholarship please?!?)  

Wyatt loves to play peek-a-book in his car seat!  

Oh you know, just reading a book in the laundry basket, in the bath tub... this is normal right?!? 

#teething .... will we ever see teeth. 

I've saved the best for last.... 100!  Yes, that is a rate of 100 mLs an hour.  I don't know if I ever thought we'd see this!  When we came home Wyatt was barely tolerating 35 mils an hour and we had to keep him upright and somewhat still.  Well, looky here.  100 mils and hour and receiving 100 mils a feed during the day.  That means his feeds are down to an hour!  When we came home from the hospital he was eating for 3 hours at a time and then had an hour break and we would start all over.  He was basically never disconnected.  It sucked and now look at us!  We got GI tomorrow where we will get to also see the dietitian... her goal was 85/hour.  She's going to be so happy.  I am so hoping that we can continue this progress get him down to half an hour and then to also begin taking volume from Wyatt's night time amount and add it to the daytime.  I would love for his tube eating to resemble a more "normal" eating schedule so that the transition to only taking in food by mouth be smoother.... once we get there.  We've still got a long way to go but I just know Wyatt is going to fight through this and understand that eating = a happy tummy!  

So thankful for all these baby step, leaps and bounds both!  Thank you Jesus for Wyatt's growth!  

Parkland Nurses... Did you ever think you would see this for baby Wyatt?!?!?!

#laterblog #life

I"m behind on my updates, nothing new, right!?!  :-)

This will be in picture form...

Our first road trip with our sweet little man.  We rode from Sache (Dallas) to Houston (Clear Lake).  Wyatt rode great in the car, as usual.  :-)  We also left a little before bed time on the way down and the way back purposefully, hoping Wyatt would sleep.  It worked some.

Wyatt turns 8 months old 

(3-12-13)

I could barely get him to take his fingers out of his mouth.  #teething

I absolutely LOVE this kind of grass.  Anyone want to come put it in our yard?!?  

I think he sat there by himself without falling down for almost 30 minutes and let me take his picture.  :-) My boy is getting so big!

We had this jumper shipped to Houston because our giant exerciser was too big to pack.  He LOVES it!   

Kemah Boardwalk

I love my Granny!  

All that excitement wore Wyatt out!  On to Grandma Pam and Grandpa Tim's house now... 

At Grandma Pam & Grandpa Tim's House!

Breakfast with Daddy.

"Whoa Mommy, what are those?  They look like Ronix but bigger!"

"Grandma has horses!"

Houston Rodeo

"I'm not scared!"

Look at my cool boots!

While I was taking these pictures, another horse was creeping up to me from the side.  Kind of intimidating! 

My cute bum in my wranglers! Thanks Grandma! 

Mommy, you look cray cray in this picture! 

I like pickles! 

"FEED ME!"

"Who needs food?  I've got a rubbery bib to chew on!"

He often has his hand on the back of my neck.  #meltmyheart #affectionateboy

We had a house guest last week, Dora.  Her and Ronix are bff's!  

Surgery Day

(3-26-13)

Daddy & Wyatt laying in bed at 5am waiting to leave for the hospital. 

It's too early to be out of bed, let alone on our way somewhere... and Brrrrrr, it's cold outside! 

Waiting to be called back to the pre-op room! 

His faces crack me up! 

In his surgery gown, playing with a new toy while waiting. 

Mommy & Daddy had to talk to several doctors and nurses and sign all kinds of paperwork.  

Post surgery, on our way to my room for the night. 

I'm still kind of out of it at this point and they kept the dumb IV in my arm "just in case".  I'll just chew on it until they take it off.  

Daddy distracted me with my new surgery bear!

I got a new mic-key button (at mommy's request) and they did some test on me where they had to strap me to a board and twist me around and take x-rays.  

I didn't like it one bit. 

I slept on and off all day long... and then didn't fall asleep for the night until like 10pm.  Mommy was tired but she laid in bed with me to help comfort me.   

3-27-13

It's going home day.  I feel great and all the doctors said I'm good to go! 

We are all home now and Wyatt is a fighter.  We've cut his pain meds down to "as needed" and they aren't really needed.  His groin area is bruised and swollen but the doctor said it should look like that.  We have follow up with urology next week some time.  It's not scheduled just yet and an appointment with ENT in a couple of weeks.  

Here are the surgery day updates from facebook:

The urology part of the surgery is over. The doctor said one side looks great and normal but the other side not so much but we won't know if it is functional until puberty. In his words, nothing to worry about. He'll be pretty sore, bruised and swollen for a couple of days but should be fine in a week! Praise the Lord! Now we are back out in the waiting room for part 2 to be over. God has been comforting us, thankful He's in charge!! 

Alright, part 2 was fast. Wyatt is out of surgery and we are with him in recovery waiting for a room for the night. (The norm for these procedure is to go on home but with his lungs they want to watch him overnight.) The nurse said he's doing great on room air, woke up and wiggled and then fell asleep. The ENT doctor is on her way to talk to us. God is so good!

The ENT doctor got in there and saw his adenoids weren't big enough to actually remove but she did cut back the small flap. So Wyatt woke up some more about the time we got to our room and he was not a happy camper. His voice is kind of raspy from having a vent tube in his throat so his cry was so sad. We also heard a cry we have never heard before. I didn't know if he was hungry (we turned his feed off at 2:40am and we've never seen him hungry before to know what that cry sounds like) or if he was in some pain or both. During that time his oxygen dropped pretty low and the nurses had some really concerned looks on their faces and they quickly got his nasal cannula on with oxygen and some Tylenol. He was whiney for a bit but real cuddly! James and I have had lunch and Wyatt is sleeping waking up whining here and there but quickly falls back asleep. We also asked about getting a new button placed (they tend to last about 6 months and we are approaching that time) and so we got to see the NP manipulate, take out and replace a new button. All good for us to see. Thank you for all your prayers. God has answered them all!!! We couldn't have asked for anything more so far!! :)

Thank you SO much for praying for us through this surgery.  God is always good.  Which brings me to...

HAPPY EASTER!!

Ronix and our little bunny!

brothers

"mommy, what do you have me wearing?!?"

"Well son, we can't take you to have your picture taken with the Easter bunny, so I'll just dress you like him instead!"

"You silly mommy, you told me the Easter bunny isn't real and that it's about Jesus!"

You're right sweet boy, the bunny is just for fun and it is all about Jesus!  

Isolation no more!  We are out and about but with caution.  We still can't be around anyone sick but no longer require shots... at least until next flu/RSV season.  :-)  

Watch out world, here we come!  :-)  Praying for protection!