Our Lil' Hero: PARTY TIME!!!!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

PARTY TIME!!!!

It's Offical..... Mason is ONE!!!!! He had such a good birthday! At first I was sure I was going to do a HUGE party for him because of the last year but when I really thought about it I decided against it and just did immediate family. He is having eye surgery on Friday and Flu season is here so I thought the less people there the less he is exposed to the yucky stuff right before surgery. It worked out great that way because there wasn't much commotion and so he was able to cruise around and be his cute little self without getting overwhelmed! Like I said he is having surgery tomorrow, it is very minor. He has clogged tear ducts so they have to go open them up and they are going to do another echo while he is under. I know it isn't that bad of a surgery but I just hate the fact of anesthesia again and having to be intubated for it(even though it will come out right after) but he is such a strong little guy he will do great!!! ♥

Ready and waiting for the Birthday boy!

I did a heart picture chain of pictures from his first year

Opening presents with Ryder

The first of the cake!

The party kids!

Obviously you can tell he loved his cake!

After cake we he just wanted to play on his 4wheeler

The crash after all of the party excitement! (yes that is cake in his hair!)

♥

2 comments:

Bj said...: Molly! I can't believe sweet Mason is already ONE! You guys have had quite a year and I'm so glad to see he is doing well and sweet as ever! Miss all you gals at Yorkshire!; October 6, 2011 at 10:46 AM
brenda said...: I LOCE the sleeping picture! He must have had so much fun!; October 9, 2011 at 11:34 PM

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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.