Surgery Update

Owen went into surgery around 3:00pm. We just got an update that he is on ECMO (heart and lung bypass). No idea how long the surgery will take but we are anticipating a late night. Thank you Larissa, Mom and Dad for taking care of Kamryn for us! We can't wait to get home to give her snuggles.

Today has been an emotional rollercoaster...lots of tears have been shed. We were told at 11am that his surgery might get bumped because there weren't enough beds in the PICU. Then we were told that there was a baby in surgery that might not make it so we would get his bed. This made us feel terrible! We just got word that the baby made it through and another bed opened up. So they took Owen back a little later than scheduled.

Carson and I both have a peaceful feeling about things.

Surgery Day

It's hard to believe that Owen is one week old tomorrow. He is also scheduled for the big surgery tomorrow (Monday) at 1:30pm. We are exremely nervous, but are trying to be optimistic. The surgery is called the Norwood Procedure and is the first of his three open heart surgeries... we expect he will be in surgery for about 5 or 6 hours. We will post updates as soon as we can and let you know how he is doing in recovery. Please remember Owen in your thoughts and prayers!!!

Daddy's Boy

I just wanted to start off by saying THANK YOU to Carson for all that he has done for us the last week. He has been there for Me, Kamryn and Owen more than I could ever imagine. Driving us to and from school and the hospital... keeping me off my feet so that I can rest... being there for Kamryn and Owen when I can't be. He took the whole week off work to take care and spend time with his family. He is a great husband and daddy and I just wanted to say I LOVE YOU!!!


Here are some pictures of Daddy and Owen from today at the hospital. They had some one on one time while I was off "pumping" some milk for our guy. Owen also got to take his first bottle today... not much, but just enough to fill his tummy and he LOVED it!

We have a meeting with the cardiothorasic surgeon on Sunday morning to discuss all the final details for his surgery on Monday.