Cornbellys

We've been taking it easy since Lynnlee came home from the hospital but one thing I wanted to do before Halloween was go to Cornbellys at Thanksgiving Point.

Lynnlee's doctor said to avoid being around large groups indoors but its perfectly ok to take her outside to get fresh air. So we went to Cornbellys last week before the cold weather hit.

It was so much fun. We went with our friends the Greers. There are so many fun things to do there! I definitely recommend it!

This is the jumping pillow. If only I had one of these in my backyard.

On Wednesday, out of nowhere, James started saying he wanted to go on a "choo choo ride." He asked that whole day and all day Thursday. I was glad we had plans to go to Cornbellys that night so he wouldn't have to keep asking. The Cow Train hit the spot.

And if the cow train wasn't enough we road an even bigger train: The Grain Train.

Oktoberfest

Marshall is amazing! He ran the Oktoberfest 10k last weekend and took 1st place in his age division and 3rd place overall. That's without training! He ran it in 40:46. Good job Lovest!

5 Years

Happy 5th Anniversary Lovest!

7 months

Lynnlee is 7 months old today. She's almost been home from the hospital for a week. She's doing great. She was on 1 liter of oxygen when she left the hospital but we are slowing weaning her off.
She's recovered so quickly. She's our little miracle baby. Besides the oxygen you can't even tell she had open heart surgery.

James has had a cold this past week and I had a little bit of a cold too. Thankfully she has stayed healthy through it all.

Home

We were happy to have good news from Lynnlee's doctors this morning. She gets to come home! I can't wait. She hasn't been sleeping too well here with all the noise and interruptions so I think it will be good for her to be home so she can get more sleep.

Before her surgery I asked her cardiologist how long Lynnlee's hospital stay would be. She said anywhere from one week to one month. I'm so glad she gets to go home in just under a weeks time. I know its because of all the prayers in her behalf. Thank you so much!

Tuesday with Lynnlee

I wrote the last update earlier this morning but Lynnlee's doctors have been in to see her since then. So here's more to the update. They aren't too concerned about the low grade fever she had last night. She hasn't had a fever since then so hopefully it was related to teething. She has been drooling like crazy, but you never know. She got her first tooth in a few weeks ago but I think she's getting one in next to it.

Her doctors said she might be able to go home tomorrow is everything goes well today and through the night. I really hope we get to come home tomorrow!

Here is today's picture.

Tuesday

Today is Tuesday. I was too tired to write an update yesterday. Yesterday was a good day for Lynnlee because she moved out of the CICU and up to the surgical floor. She had an echocardiogram in the morning while she was still in the CICU. It showed some decreased heart functioning but the surgeon reassured me that this is normal after having open heart surgery. They started her on some medicine that should help her heart function improve over time.

She was moved to the surgical floor yesterday afternoon. The surgeon said we can go home when Lynnlee's oxygen can be weaned to 1/2 liter. I guess that can be a couple of days so we just have to see how she does. Right now she's on 1 liter of oxygen. She's really close. We've tried to turn it down but she doesn't tolerate it too well.

She had a low grade fever through the night. Hopefully it's just teething or something and not an infection. That could keep her in the hospital longer. I'm ready to be home and I think she is too.

We'll see how today goes. Hopefully I'll get another update out later today.

Post-Op Day 3

We had so much fun with Lynnlee today. She was more like herself. She was smiling, laughing and playing with toys. She's even sitting up better than before her surgery. Who would have thought she would have enough strength for that?! I just love her so much. She's one tough cookie.

She is still in the CICU. She will have an echocardiogram tomorrow (Monday) morning and then she will move to the surgical floor, hopefully!

My parents brought James to see Lynnlee. He was so excited to see her and us. He sat in her crib with her and played with toys. Lynnlee was happy to see him too.

We wanted to give James some one-on-one time so my parents stayed with Lynnlee and we took James for a walk. James asked where Lynnlee was a couple of times. It's cute to see that he knows who she is and wants her around.