Happy Birthday Cody!

I can't believe that I have a 16 year old!!



I do have to say he is pretty darn cute though! Love you Cody!

Update on Cody

So just to update everyone on Cody. We went to Cook Children's Hospital last week to have stent put in his aorta. It went sooo well. We want to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts while he was having his procedure done. They had to put a catheter through his groin and up to the arch in the aorta. It was the size just a little larger than the diameter of a straw. Ouch. We have a video of it but I can't figure out how to get it off our CD and on here. These pictures will just have to do. I hope you're not squeemish. I thought it was way cool! His biggest problem is the groin area. He is still pretty sore there. I think he just overdoes it at school everyday. But anyway, he is doing well and we are so excited for him to get back to regular activity and move on from this.

Before:


After:


It's amazing the things that technology and science can do for the body! I was so impressed with our doctor. He was amazing!

Presenting The Purple Princess Ponies!

Okay, so the girls named themselves and compromised by being The Purple Princess Ponies. That made everyone happy. They had their first game today...against a boys team! We thought they might be intimidated but they got out there and played like it was normal! They did great and even scored the first goal. So, they don't technically keep score at this age so, as far as I see it...we won!

Payton #2, waiting on her game to start.


My purple pony going for the goal!


She didn't even hesitate to play, I was so proud of her!

Ballet

Payton started Ballet last week. She was too shy to participate but this week she decided to be a little braver and danced her little heart out. It was so cute!

Making sure mom doesn't move too far away...


She was actually 'trying' to point her toe...


Finally comfortable enough to dance to the Mickey music!

Soccer Girl

This picture was from the first day of soccer practice. She was sooo excited!

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It's his heart! Not a baby!

Okay, I know when you see sonograms you think baby, but this is Cody's aorta. We went in to get a release for sports for school and came back with restrictions. Cody was diagnosed with 'Coarc'. Short for Coarctation of the Aorta. "Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the aorta between the upper-body artery branches and the branches to the lower body. This can increase blood pressure in the arms and head, reduce pressure in your legs and seriously strain your heart." So today we are anxiously awaiting a phone call from the doctor to schedule surgery. They will go in and either do a balloon dilation or implant a stent. Just waiting to find out. Apparantly this is something he was born with but never diagnosed with until recently. Props to the R.N. who heard a little murmur and thought his blood pressure was suspect! As active as he is it is a little crazy to think what could have happened if we hadn't found this. Basically the doctor said that the worst that could happen is "He could collapse on the court and die." Plain and simple. I guess we'll get this done ASAP!
If you look at the picture where the letters DAO are it shows the narrowing. And on the left and right there are little white dots that show the normal size of the aorta on either side. Crazy!