Two Years Ago....

I just realized that today is February 4th. Two years ago, we were getting ready to say goodbye to our baby boy, not knowing if we would ever see him again. My heart was aching, my stomach was in knots, and I was in tears. This was the last picture we took before sending him off to the OR for his first open heart surgery. He was only 7 days old and so very sick with his broken heart.
Dr Pearl finished his surgery 7 hours after he began. At 11pm, we finally got to see our little guy. His chest was left open to allow for swelling and remained that way for several days.

This was his equipment that kept him alive. He looks so tiny in his hospital bed. It's amazing that he is now a big two year old!!

Even with all the oxygen and feeding tubes, heart failure and exhaustion... he is doing so well! He's gaining weight, staying healthy, and proving to the doctors that he can push off transplant a little longer.

We are so blessed that Owen has come so far. Unfortunatly, many of our little heart friends have not made it to their 2nd birthdays, or even their 1st. in order to raise awareness and money for the heart center here, we will be participating in Ethan's Run on Feb 20th. Ethan lost his battle with HLHS at just 6 months old. If you live in the Phoenix area, we hope you will register and join in the fun. We will be doing the fun run because I am too much of a slacker to try the 10k. Hope to see you there!! :)