Next surgery scheduled

We have scheduled Carson's next surgery. It will be done in St. Louis at Cardinal Glennon. He will have a tonsillectomy & adenoidectomy (T&A) on May 20th. He will stay one night in the hospital and hopefully come home the next day. Please start praying now for a quick recovery. The ENT nurse said the recovery from this surgery can be rough...it is like have strep throat for two weeks. In alot of ways, this is one time his trach & G-tube come in handy because we do not have to be concerned about inflammation in his airway or lack of wanting to eat due to pain because we can pump fluids in through his G-tube. However, because he doesn't eat/drink by mouth we will have a difficult time provided relief through drinks (by mouth) to keep his mouth moist. Like I said, I am just praying for as quick a recovery as possible.

We now believe there is granulation tissue growing around his G-tube. This is a somewhat common problem and caused by the frequent friction and irritation of having a tube (a 'foreign object') in a surgical hole. We will go for a follow up appointment with his G-tube on April 17th. Maybe we will get some new ideas on how to treat it.

The boys got a little bug over Easter, so we have been laying low this past week. Both boys seem to be on the mend but still have congestion & increased secretions. Praying they recover fully from this soon, so we can get outside and enjoy the spring weather more.

We had a wonderful weekend...my family (Mom, Dad, Mems, Sarah, Josh, and James) all made the trip to Dexter to celebrate a late Easter! It was FANTASTIC! And Preston and I also got a night away...it is ALWAYS wonderful to catch up on a little sleep.

Here are several pictures of this past weekend...

They LOVE having their clothes off : )

Helping Nana sew : )

Carson though the would adjust the dial : )

Carson & Kellen both found their baskets but Kellen ditched his to come help with Carson's : )

Collecting his Hugs!

Kellen thought he could get a bite out of Aunt Ra-ra (& he was right : )

Some of our Easter hunting crew

...and again, Kellen thought he should come over to help.

It's a cowboy boot, piggy bank : )

Giving sweet, sweet hugs to Poppy

The LR Wildcat crew (we are just missing Kellen)

Our walking crew THIS time!