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.
