We made it home today. Kian did so much better after this surgery than any of the previous ones. His color was better, his pain was better, his breathing was better. We are so relieved to be done with this, and hope we don't have any more long-term hospitalizations for a long, long, long time. His shunt (or part of it?) will have to be replaced sooner rather than later, because they couldn't fit the full sized one in this time, so we know we have that to look forward to, but hopefully other than that we will just stay home.
I'm going to use this post as one big thank you note. To everyone who helped us in the past 4 months, thank you. You know who you are, even if we don't. If you watched our kids, brought us dinner, mowed our lawn, sent us a gift card for gas, brought by baby gifts, prayed or fasted for us, thank you. And if you did anything else. Thank you thank you thank you. I can't imagine having to go through something like this without the support of family, friends, neighbors, and ward members. We are so blessed to have you in our lives. Seriously. Thank you.
Pictures to come soon, I promise.
Kian literally started smiling the day we got home from the hospital. He's so happy to be here. And we're so happy to have him here. This was a cape we found in a box of hand-me-downs, and it's perfect for our little super-baby. Photos of actual Halloween costume coming soon.
Smiles for Mommy. (rare)
Smiles for big sis.
Smiles for toys.
How come they will play outside when its 38 degrees and lots of snow, but when its 75 and beautiful they want to watch TV? They begged me to let them play outside in the snow 2 days in a row. By themselves. I don't get it.
Smiles for Daddy. All the time. Ridiculous. In a good way.
See what I mean?
Silly girls. Dancing with blankets on their heads.
