Pics and an update

Eli doing his trademark one-eyed peek at Daddy


Smiley baby


Chillin' in the swing


Daddy wearing a sombrero while feeding?!


Totally zonked in the car seat


Elijah meets Suite 7, my awesome girls


Not sure how Eli learned about Hitler at such a tender age. We'll have to have a chat with him.


Snuggling with the mommy


Elijah has been checking out his hand a lot lately

We got a call from Dr. Gremmels on Friday, so we have some more info about Elijah's surgery. It turns out that Elijah's MAPCAs, although the most serious form of Tetralogy, isn't as complicated as a lot of other MAPCAs cases. So surgery in CA isn't at all necessary. The G-man presented Eli's case to the surgeons at Children's and they feel confident that they can do it themselves. We asked about leaving his chest open after the surgery and he said we won't know until the time comes, but most likely NOT. Phew. We were also a bit concerned how his one kidney would hold up during and after surgery because we had heard that heart surgery is particularly hard on the kidneys. He said we'll just have to keep a super close eye on it and all should be fine. We stopped Eli's Lasix on Friday because he's been sooooooo super crabby and G-man suggested that it may be making him dehydrated, as it sometimes will do, which means he may be overly thirsty and therefore overly crabby. He's been off the medication for two days now and you'd never know it. He's still eating like a champ and is as strong as ever. What a strong little guy! He has still been somewhat crabby this weekend (when he's tired), but not as bad as last week. If he continues to eat well these next few days, we'll just leave him off the Lasix till surgery day. Wooohooo! Medicine free!

That's about all we know. We have a doctor's appt on Tuesday just to get him checked out before surgery and then pre-op on Thursday and of course, the Big Day on Friday. We will continue to keep this site posted. Thank you for the support and prayers we've received! We got some GOOD praying done for Elijah in church today (minutes before he pooped through his diaper and onto every piece of clothing he was wearing), and it felt really good (the praying, not the pooping). He is such an amazing little person!