HAPPY HEART DAY!

It's two years today since Corwin's second heart surgery. It was a horrible day with him in surgery for 8 hours, but it is nice to wish him a Happy Heart Day as it is lovely to see him now and see how far he has come and without the surgery he would not be here today, so HAPPY HEART DAY MY GORGEOUS BOY!!


The second photo was taken of him about 4 days after his operation in intensive care. We did not take photos of him before this as he looked so terrible on life support. In this photo he is sat up in a special physio seat as he had a chest infection so need to be upright. He had a lot of fluid retention post op and could not open his eyes for over a week they were so puffy. Under the blanket is a sea of wires. He is wearing a bobble hat as he was cold to touch - I had to take a photo of him in it!

But look at him today...!

abi x

Just a quick update. Corwin had an appointment with his neurologist yesterday and all went very well. She is very pleased with his progress and was very happy to see him walking! He was delightful during the appointment as he wasn't prodded and poked too much and had some lovely toys to play with. She is happy to leave it another year before seeing him again!
Rowan has been poorly for over a week now. He eventually came out in chickenpox and was VERY grumpy with them. He came out in far more than Corwin, 85 on his face alone. He wasn't sleeping or eating well. After a week of still not being well with some very sore spots his voice started to sound 'poorly' , his eating got worse and then I noticed lumps on his neck and behind his ear. I took him to the doctors and he is now on a course of antibiotics. He is getting slowly better, but still has a sore voice, lumps and is hard to keep occupied. His spots are looking like they are finally healing. They had become infected which is why his glands came up. Corwin has been a very good boy all week while Rowan has been taking up a lot of my time.

Happy Valentines and CHD Awareness Day!

You will need to pause the playlist player at the bottom of the page to watch this or listen to two tunes at the same time! There are some lovely songs on the playlist player you can listen to afterwards!

abi x

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Fun in the Snow!

We have had quite a bit of snow here! Corwin is not a huge fan of snow, he would not hold it and was not able to walk in it as he was just far too wobbly even when holding our hands! We did manage to make him a snowman though that he seemed interested in!

He has had a settled two days at preschool. There are always tears when saying 'Bye bye' to me, but he sat nicely through register yesterday and has been a bit more sociable and content. They say he is a very good little helper when it comes to tidying up time - something I have taught him well!

Not much else to report really. Corwin has a new baby boy cousin (his 8th boy cousin!) called Toby, so congratulations Vicky and Matthew! He is yet to meet him because of his Chickenpox. Rowan is showing no signs of catching it, so touch wood he can get it when he is a little older and able to cope better.

abi x