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Preschool Activities
Being in preschool this year has been such a wonderful thing for Caden. He is really growing and thriving in this environment! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful preschool just down the road...
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10 Bridesmaids Play
On March 9 and March 16, Kyler's class performed a modern-day version of the parable of the 10 Bridesmaids from the Bible. The kids all did a great job! Kyler's class has 22 kids in it, and only 7 of...
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7 Years Old!
I don't know how it is possible that my baby is 7 years old! Time is racing by so quickly it seems like I can't keep up. It feels like I blinked and Kyler went from being a newborn to all grown up. He...
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Preschool Easter Party
March 20 was Caden's last day of preschool before spring break. And for him, it is his last day of school for this school year. He will not get to go back after break since we will be leaving to go to...
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Lego Club Project
For the past several weeks, the kids in Kyler's Lego club have been working on projects to take to the annual robotics challenge held at Walla Walla University. Kyler's team is made up of four kids,...
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Cheryl's 50th Birthday
My sister, Cheryl, turned 50 on March 25. My brother-in-law, Kent, my mom and I, all worked together to throw her a surprise party on the 23rd. Keep in mind she is almost impossible to surprise about...
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Spring Break
This past week was spring break for both the kids. It's was a tough week to be at home with them with nothing on the agenda. Not because I don't enjoy spending time with them, but because my mind has...
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Easter
For Easter this year, we kept things fairly low-key. We had the opportunity to attend a large get together at a local park like we did last year. But with the way I've been feeling, I wasn't up to...
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Preparing...
We began our journey to California on Wednesday. It was so hard to leave Kyler. It didn't help that the day we left he wasn't feeling well (and he came down with a fever the next day). He was having a...
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Greg signing in here for a quick post...When we first got the news that Caden was going to need additional surgery one of the first questions that popped into my mind was "What didn't I learn the first...
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Pre-Op
Today has been a long day! We had to check in at the hospital at 7:30 this morning. We started in the Children's Heart Center and had an echo first. That took about an hour and a half for them to do...
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Delayed
We got a call around 11:30 pm last night telling us surgery had been delayed for three hours. A transplant was taking place during the night and they wouldn't be able to do Caden's surgery until the...
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The Latest
Due to the delay in surgery time, we arrived at the hospital at 9:00 am. It was nice to sleep a couple more hours than we thought we would be able to. We waited until about 11:30 in the waiting area...
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We got an update around 4:15 pm that Dr. Reddy was done with the repair. He was waiting for cardiology to come do an echo to check all the pressures to make sure he was happy with everything. If things...
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Done!!!
Caden is done! Dr. Reddy came to see us right around 5:00 pm. He said everything went very smoothly and he was very happy with the repair! He said Caden actually had three pulmonary veins and all of...
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At Last!
We finally got to see our baby! After Dr. Reddy came to talk to us around 5:00, we anticipated it would be another hour or hour and a half before we could see Caden so we went and had some food. Then...
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Everything is a matter of perspective. As Greg and I waited outside the CVICU to see Caden, we were sitting in a waiting area with many other people. We were talking to each other when we heard one of...
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Post Op Day 1
I cannot believe how amazing Caden is doing! Today was a great day in so many ways. I want to document the day more for us than anything. But feel free to join us in our journey! :) Greg and I didn't...
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Post Op Day 2
We got to the hospital a little later today because we had a hard time getting ourselves up and ready. But when we got there, Caden was in a really good mood. The child life specialist was there with...
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Discharged!!!
Caden was discharged today! He was less than 72 hours post-op! I can still hardly believe it!!!!!!! This morning, Nurse Christina told us the primary goal was for him have a bowel movement today (he...
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Incision
We are so appreciative to our friends, Todd & Christen, who drove up from Visalia and spent the day with us today. They ended up being the only visitors Caden had while in the hospital. We had no...
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Friends
We are feeling truly blessed right now! Caden had a good night's sleep last night at Ronald McDonald House. He didn't need any pain meds during the night but definitely needed some first thing this...
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Family
Sunday was filled with visits from family. What a wonderful day for Caden. At 5 days post op, he was doing really well. He woke up coughing quite a bit due to the fluid around his heart. But after a...
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Surgery Follow Up
This week has been surprisingly relaxing. My sister and I have been able to take it pretty easy and not feel rushed to do much of anything. Caden has had lots of quiet time watching DVD's to allow his...
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Overdue Update!
I am so sorry for the very overdue update! We got home and I just kind of crashed emotionally, so to speak. I haven't been very productive in the last two weeks as I feel like I am still recovering...
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