Monday, June 28, 2010

Post op day 7

Don't look at how lovely my hair and clothes are, it was early.

Today is a great day. Brennan got his last chest tube out so he only has stickers to check his heart rate and oxygen. They are not putting anything through his iv anymore but they left it in just in case. After they took out the chest tube we got him dressed and we went for a walk. After not holding him for a week while walking my are arms have become weak or he is just getting heavier. They also told us that we will be going home tomorrow morning if he keeps doing what he is doing. I am so excited. I think Brennan will be able to heal faster at home and he will be much happier to sleep in his own bed and so will i. I can't believe that this surgery is already behind us. I feel like we worried so much about it and it went by so fast. He will have to have another surgery but hopefully not until he is 15 or 16. They had to cut through his pulmonary valve so it will leak. I am hoping by the time he has to have valve replacement they will be able to do it through a heart cath and it will be same day surgery.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Post op day 6






Today was a good day. Brennan had lots of visitors. He got so excited when he saw Zoe walk in the door and climb up on the chair to see him. They are best friends and I could tell they missed each other like crazy. We are hoping they take his last chest tube out tommorrow.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

post op day 5




Yesterday Brennan got his art line out and so he was left with 3 chest tubes and one iv. This morning when we got here they had taken out 2 chest tubes so we are very pleased to say he only had one iv and one chest tube left. He is getting back to himself today. He was sitting up and playing and talking. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Post op day 4 update

We are so glad to find out that we will be moving up to the third floor today. Brennan is doing wonderful today. He is starting to get back to himself, i got a half smile today.

Post op day 3


Today was a good day. Brennan is off of oxygen and is maintaining levels above 90. His fever is gone and we finally got to hold him today. I have been craving to hold him since i haven't held him since Tuesday. He will get and echo done Friday and we hope to move to the floor after they get that done.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

post op day 2

Brennan is doing pretty good. He got extubated early this morning around 5:15 and has had to have a little bit of oxygen in his nose. He was trying to roll on his tummy all night last night and all day today so he has been getting a little frustrated. He also has had a fever all day until now. It is going down and we hope it keeps going down. He finally gave up around 8 tonight on rolling over and just decided to stay content on his back, I believe that is why his fever is going down. Thank you for your prayers and please continue to pray for him. It seems like he is a different little boy just laying there and not smiling or laughing like he usually does. We are very pleased with how well he has done so far and hope he continues to get better.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

First post op surgery update







Today has been a very long day. We are so glad that the surgery is over and now we just have to focus on getting Brennan better and home. He is doing so good right now but things can change very fast so we try not to get to excited. They are hoping to be able to take out the tube in his throat sometime tonight or tommorrow morning. He keeps trying to pull it out and you can see he is trying to cry cause tears come out but he can't make any noise. I believe the worst part about being a mother is watching your child in pain and you can't do anything to help them. We had to crab his hands once and he was so close to ripping it out. I just want to thank everyone that has prayed for him and thought about him we really appreciate all of the gifts and prayers. We truly have to best friends, neighbors and family, thank you all. We had some family come visit him tonight and that has made it so much easier on me. Thank you everyone and keep praying for him. He is such a strong little boy and I know he will do very good at obeying me when i tell him we want to go home and get him better so we can play outside and enjoy summer.

Open heart surgery Day 1

We have begun this process to get Brennans heart fixed. We have been waiting for 3 1/2 hours now and they told us about and hour ago that he is on Bypass. We will keep waiting and hope for the best. Updates will come when he gets out. Please Pray for Brennan!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Cute kids!

Brennan has figured out how to climb up on his crib. We will be lowering it sometime so he doesn't jump out like Zoe did. He thought he was so funny for climbing.
We went to Seven Peaks on Tuesday and the kids had a blast. Brennan has no fear of the water and wanted to go right along with everything Zoe was doing. Zoe loves the water as well and she thought it was fun to have Brennan there too. I don't think they would be my kids if they didn't like the water.
Brennan looks so cool in this hat but dad thinks he looks gay.
Aren't they so cute! This last weekend since it was cold Zoe had to wear pants and that is usually a fight to get her to wear them. So my compramise was to let her wear her tutu over her pants. I think she looks way cute in it.

Brennan Crawling!



We have had a few firsts this week. Brennan has started crawling. Please don't mind the laundry pile i need to fold in the background. He is now into everything and is driving me crazy. Zoe didn't get into things at his age like he does. He is crawling just in time to go have surgery and lay down for 2 weeks. Hopefully it doesn't stop him from crawling after.

Zoe can now ride her bike



It took a long time but Zoe can now ride her tricycle. She still has a hard time watching where she is going but at least she can pedal.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Zoe's dance recital



Zoe looked so cute dancing tonight. I still can't believe she i old enough to be in dance. She was the cutest duck there. When she got on stage she got a little nervous but she still did really good for her first time. After the show aunt Jen gave her a flower. She loves that flower now and won't let go of it. She even has to have it in her room while she is sleeping. She wanted to pose for the camera but she hardly ever looks at the camera.