one of carson's new favorite pastime is to watch westerns staring john wayne. have you ever known a 3 year old who even know who john wayne is?? well, carson does and from the moment he gets up in the morning he wants to watch "my john wayne movie"- and to be honest, i find them sooooooo borning!! but he will sit on the couch for 2 hours with his eyes glued to the tv watching a western. a couple of years ago dave bought over 20 westerns on e-bay and put them in a box in our closet (thus for the westerns in our home) . carson found them a couple a weeks ago and since then EVERY day he watches a western. the other day we were going into the store and this was our conversation:
me: carson you need to leave your gun in the car
carson: but i am john wayne and john wayne always carries a gun
me: just shaking my head and smiling
carson: i promise mom i won't shoot anyone
me: okay you have to put it in your pocket
carson: it doesn't fit in my pocket
me: okay i will carry it for you
carson: no, mom, i will put it in my pants- it fits good there
off in the store we went and he did keep his promise! :-)
we also met with carson's cardiologist on friday (01/30). the type of hole in his heart will not close by itself (i guessed we were hoping). so we have opted to have his hole fixed at the end of next summer. it is major surgery-they will have to break his chest bone and then go in and patch the hole. it will require about a 5 day stay down at phoenix children's hospital and then about a 6 week recovery time. the cardiologist is not in a hurry to fix it because it is not harming him in any way or is damaging anything. he thinks the further away from chemotherapy the better his immune system will be. i know it is a major "thing" but i am not overwhelmed or stressed about it. i guess going through 7 months of chemotherapy puts a different perspective on things. all i know is carson is a strong little boy!
me: just shaking my head and smiling
carson: i promise mom i won't shoot anyone
me: okay you have to put it in your pocket
carson: it doesn't fit in my pocket
me: okay i will carry it for you
carson: no, mom, i will put it in my pants- it fits good there
off in the store we went and he did keep his promise! :-)
we also met with carson's cardiologist on friday (01/30). the type of hole in his heart will not close by itself (i guessed we were hoping). so we have opted to have his hole fixed at the end of next summer. it is major surgery-they will have to break his chest bone and then go in and patch the hole. it will require about a 5 day stay down at phoenix children's hospital and then about a 6 week recovery time. the cardiologist is not in a hurry to fix it because it is not harming him in any way or is damaging anything. he thinks the further away from chemotherapy the better his immune system will be. i know it is a major "thing" but i am not overwhelmed or stressed about it. i guess going through 7 months of chemotherapy puts a different perspective on things. all i know is carson is a strong little boy!
carson watching his john wayne western
carson with his movie and gun
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