The star patient...

Our precious boy laying in his hospital bed
A nice lady brought this horse....I mean dog, to
visit the kids and we were making a run for
the room to avoid the slobber showers he was
giving.

At home recovering...really likes his wagon bed.

I would say that 'star patient' describes Taylor. He has just amazed his mommy and daddy after this surgery. I think we expected him to look a little frail and maybe lose a little weight and be slow for more than a couple of days. I would say that Saturday or Sunday which was 5 and 6 days post-op he was very close to normal. Mon and Tues he is almost completely normal. We just have to remind ourselves that our child just had heart surgery 9 days ago and we still have to be careful to keep him healthy. His dermabond(they used a glue type stuff instead of stitches) is starting to flake away and this morning I got a little glimpse under it and he has healed so well. It's going to be a tiny thin scar. He is still taking lasix, although I wish we could go ahead and wean that before our next appt on Aug 6th. It tastes really bad so Taylor just cries when he sees it coming.



Well, we broke down and got a computer. We are price shoppers and so we have been watching and saving and we found a "deal" this week. We got a emachine package and I think for us it is probably more than we need and hopefully will be a good computer.


Taylor is now loving Pirates, because he got to see the first Pirate movie on t.v. and loved it and now he asks for Pirate (pie-whut). He of course still loves cars and now motorcycles...we wonder if he dreams about cars in his sleep. He loves swinging the bat and hitting balls, although that is one of the things he is restricted from doing for a few more weeks. He is constantly telling you "I want ____", or "I don't want ____", or momma see (with a "th" sound). Oh yeah he also has a thing for trains. Boys!!