Dad Update

 Dad was moved out of ICU Saturday morning, and has been doing well.  He takes a walk around his floor a few times per day.  He had some tubes taken out before we saw him Sunday, but he was still hooked up to the Sci-fi machine; and I think they took some more tubes out later that day, or Monday.  He can go home sometime between today and Friday.  They are waiting to talk to a Doctor to make sure everythings on the up and up, and to discuss home options, etc. before they decide when to go home.  I think my mom is hoping that they get to go home today for their anniversary.

Dad's Surgery

Looking out the window with Xander before surgery.

Trying to see the cars before surgery.

Everything went well with dad's surgery.  He did have a triple by-pass, his artery was 90% blocked and it was right before the artery branches off (refered to as the 'widow maker' since it effects your entire heart instead of just part of it, and pretty much no one lives after having a heart-attack from that spot).  He had an extra branch off which is why it ended up as a triple by-pass instead of a double.  Of course that's not where the oddities end with dad; his artery played hide and seek with the doctor, which is part of why the surgery took longer than normal.  Most of the time you find it laying on top of the heart, but dad's was actually embeded in his heart muscle.

But everything went successfully, and he is doing well.  He is currently in the ICU, but should be moved out some time today or tomorrow.  He works on flexing his legs and sometimes sitting forward in his chair to switch things up.  He still has plenty of tubes coming out of him, though some tubes were taken out before the pictures I took; and he is hooked up to sci-fi looking/sounding machine (helps take out extra fluid and possibly maintain the right pressure for his lungs).  He wanted me to thank everyone for their concern and prayers, and also to say "I shouldn't have joined this gym!"  Funny as always.

Blows into this to help prevent pneumonia.



His boiling Sci-fi machine, you can't see the bubbles very well.



30-4

So this is a crazy month of birthdays since we have 2 about a week apart.  But we made it through successfully!  Japheth had a "How to Train Your Dragon" party and loved it.  We didn't have a pinata this year, but we played Dragon Trainer Says, Musical Dragons and Pin the Head on the Dragon.  It was a lot of fun.  Japheth is now 4 years old, and I can't believe how big he's getting.  He is 35 lbs 12 ounces and 39 1/2 inches.  He continues to get smarter every day.  He reads probably at a first grade level and is now learning a little math and money (pennies and nickles, etc).  He writes pretty well, and loves to write and receive notes.  He is also becoming a pro at riding his trike.

For Douglas' birthday he had a Halo party.  11 of his friends over for a 3 TV/3 Xbox extravaganza.  We didn't get to bed until about 2:30am and had a 6 am wake-up call from Japheth, but it was a blast!  I think we had a Halo hangover for 2 days.  He is now the big 3-0! He's doing well with all of his schoolwork and learning a lot for the M-CAT. He juggles everything pretty well and we're always so proud of all his hard work.

Play-time

So far today the boys have done almost nothing but fight.  But yesterday afternoon the boys played miraculously well together for like 30-45 mins.  No crying, fussing, screaming, yelling or hitting!  Just happy giggling and fun.  And now you're asking yourself, 'Is that even possible!? What could they have possibly been doing?'  Well they were doing this. . .

Is is wierd that I was basically doing the same thing at the same time?  Their pile is higher, but mine's yummier!  Mmmm french toast!