Home Again!

It's hard to believe, but a little less than a week after his open heat surgery Brendan is home!! His doctor's were amazed at how quickly he recovered, and we are too! Big sister Rory was more than thrilled to have Baby Brendan home after the doctor fixed the "boo boo on his heart". Looks like we are just about back to a normal home life routine!

The Progress Continues!

What more can I say, than Brendan is certainly an amazing little boy! His recovery has been amazing. Thursday morning he came off of the vent, and has been doing great!He is still on a little bit of oxygen, but they are trying to wean him off of that. He has NO IV lines in anymore, he is off of all heart medication, and the drain came out of his chest yesterday, and he got moved to the step down unit!!

He is well on his way to a full recovery, which is so hard to believe! It's been less than a week since his open heart surgery, and he looks incredible! We are looking forward to having a couple of our friends from Ft. Hood down to visit today, and then tomorrow Brendan's nurse Karen from his NICU days after he was first born, will be coming to visit tomorrow!

He is all fixed!

After one very loooong day, we are happy to report that Brendan came through the surgery very well! All of his doctors were very happy with how things went! The next 12 hours are the tough ones, so please keep saying your prayers for him! We'll post another update hopefully, tomorrow!

Today is the day!!

Today is the big day, hopefully! Brendan was scheduled to be the first case this morning, but there was a newborn who is a lot more critical than he is, so we were pushed back to case 2. Hopefully the first surgery won't take too long, but if it does then we'll be #1 tomorrow. As of this moment, Brendan could be going into surgery between 2-4pm Central Time. Brendan was a champ through all of his surgery prep yesterday, he had an echocardiogram under anesthia, he had a chest x-ray and an EKG (which is what he is hooked up to in the above picture!). He had a great night sleep last night, and is napping now.

We'll post more here when get a moment!

We have a date!!!

We will be heading down to San Antonio this Sunday to get Brendan checked into the hospital. He will be having a detailed Echocardiogram on Monday and then the actual heart surgery on Tuesday.

6 months already??

Isn't he funny! 6 months old and everything is a joke to him!!

5 Months Old!

It's hard to believe that Brendan is already 5 months old! The picture is from his very first Easter, which he was more than happy to sleep through! I was happy to get one picture with his eyes open.

Brendan continues to thrive in the Early Intervention program. He gets physical therapy twice a month and his therapist and service coordinator continue to be amazed by how well he is developing! He is already rolling over from his belly to his back on a regular basis and also rolls from his back to his belly at least once a day! He also seems just about ready to sit up all by himself!

He is such a wonderful, happy baby! He is my little snuggler who is so content to be held or to fall asleep in your arms. He smiles and laughs all the time, and you just can't help but to smile when he looks at you! Big sister Rory continues to be the best big sister. She takes very good care of her little brother! Brendan is constantly trying to find her everytime he hears her voice!

We are still waiting to get a date for Brendan's full heart repair surgery, which we are anticipating to be in mid-May. We'll keep you posted here!