Our Lil' Hero: 6 Month Milestone!

Saturday, April 2, 2011

6 Month Milestone!

Mason hit his very exciting 6 month birthday yesterday!! I remember being sad with Ryder when he turned 6 months because he was growing so fast but with Mason I was so excited because that means he is still here, so keep on growing buddy! He is such a sunshine in our life he can make any of us happy at the drop of a hat. His eyes and smile melt my heart every second of everyday! Mason we love you and keep fighting, we are here to fight with you!

WE LOVE YOU MASON BOO BEAR!!

Sitting like a big boy in his Bumpo

Handsome Boy

Brothers!

Holding his toes

Things Mason likes and can do at 6 months old

-He loves his brother still!

-He likes to suck on his fingers

-He is interseted in our dog

-He is a squealer!

-He is very ticklish

-He likes to suck on his toes

-He can hold his head up while on his belly for a few seconds

-He can roll from Belly to Back

-He can roll side to side

-He likes us to do patty cakes with his hands

3 comments:

Kas said...: He is getting so big! He's changed so much... think it's time for another photo shoot! :) I'll call you soon!; April 2, 2011 at 9:08 PM
Charlatta said...: what a awesome miracle boy!! Already a fighter!! God is sending his most valiant ones to be the example and move the gospel forward! :) I love ya Mollie; April 2, 2011 at 10:32 PM
brandib said...: I needed to see that cute smile this morning. He makes my heart melt everytime I see a new pic of him. What a sweet boy. Keep up the good work cute Mason!!! Thinking of your family!!!; April 3, 2011 at 10:51 AM

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A little about Mason

This is a journey through Hypoplasic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). Mason was born on October 1, 2010 as what we thought was a healthy normal baby boy. At 3 weeks old we found out when he was life flighted to Primary Children's Medical Center that he was born with an Unbalanced AV Canal Defect that caused him to have Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. He also was diagnosed with 2 Large ASD's a VSD, a CoArch of the Aorta, and a small leaky Mitral Valve. He had his first open heart surgery, the Norwood, in the end of October 2010. After surgery his chest was left open and they surgically closed it a few days later after the swelling went down. He had his second open heart surgery, the Glenn, in January 2011. He did great with recovery and got discharged 1 week later. We had him home for 1 day then he was rushed back to the hospital where they found he had a sternal infection and had to open him back up and wash out all the infection and he had a picc line placed for 6 weeks for antibiotics. He had a couple of heart caths during that time, and echo every 3-6 months, and eye surgery.
In February 2013 we sent his records to Boston to explore different surgical options for him. We found out he was a candidate for a surgery called the Staged Left Ventricle Recruitment to the BiVent. With this surgery it would grow his left ventricle to normal size and then give him normal circulation to hopefully avoid him having to have a heart transplant. (if we didn't go this route we have been told with his anatomy he would need a transplant in his teens). With the help of friends, family, and strangers we went to Boston where he had the first of hopefully only 2 surgeries. He had his 3rd open heart surgery in June and right now his heart is growing and conditioning to be able to handle the load of the work that a normal heart does. He is due to have his 4th open heart surgery in the first of 2014.