home-sweet-home

carson was released from the hospital yesterday (saturday 11th) around noon! he (and I) were so thrilled to be home.  his brothers welcomed him home with signs and balloons which he thought was pretty cool.  looking at him you would never believe he had open heart surgery 5 days ago. we feel so blessed the surgery went smooth and grateful he is recovering so quickly.  if you or i had the same exact surgery we apparently would be down for weeks- not to mention we would need more then just motrin for pain-  it is so amazing how fast he is bouncing (not really... bouncing) back so fast. he is a strong little boy! now the hard part, part #2, NO running, jumping, biking, playing on the playground, or WRESTLING (a favorite of his...who woulda guessed with 5 brothers) basically anything a little boy loves to do for 2 months.  so it looks like we will be doing "boring" stuff according to him: coloring, reading books, playing with inside toys, and watching tv- (we did just order him all 5 seasons of his favorite show......the 80's a-team episodes- he did seem excited about this). 

right before we were discharged the nurse had to change his bandage (the two white squares on his chest) - with the meanest scowl i have ever seen on his little face he said to the nurse "i am NEVER coming back here" (she just smiled and said oh, i hope you are right) i just hope and pray he is 100% right too!!

once again we are thankful for your love, support and prayers for getting us through another stressful week.

battle wound # 2.....a vertical one

carson will be having heart surgery around 7 am in the morning.  he has a small hole in the wall (septam) between the left and right atrial. it known as an atrial septal defect or asd.  we have know about this small hole when he was diagnosed with cancer back in may 2007.  he is an amazingly strong boy! the surgery will take 4-5 hours and he will be in icu for 5-7 days. the hard part will be when he gets home....no running, jumping, wresting, riding his bike or scooter.....basically anything active! we hope this will be his last surgery ever! keep us in your prayers :) 

Take it as "no news is good news"

well i feel like a big looser since it has been forever and day since i have last updated.......i can come up with a ton of excuses (no computer for about 6 months) but i won't.

life has been great for carson, he is healthy and well and we don't take one day for granite!!
this year we moved from quarterly scans to semi-annually scans!  we are so grateful for this blessing, especially mom, whos acid reflux has improved TREMENDOUSLY!

carson had scans in janurary and then again on july 6th- and we are so thankful, yet again, that he is cancer free! 

he loves playing with his brothers especially if it has to do with guns :) yes ask him his name and chances are he'll say "Carson Matthew John Wayne Barney".

he has become quite the little swimmer this summer and enjoys watching the old A-Team episodes on the computer with his brother Dallin.

he is looking forward to staring pre-school in august.