As many of you know, I was born with a Congential Heart Defect (CHD). The name of the particular defect was Tetrology of Fallot. Ironically enough, I was reading thru a blog I always read and she had linked to another blog (www.thewelshfam.blogspot.com)-- this blog was a mom who has a baby girl who has the same heart defect that I was born with. As you can imagine, this mom is on a roller coaster of emotions as she awaits her daughter's open heart surgery that will be in the next couple of months. I felt inclined to leave a comment letting her mother know that I had been born with Tetrology of Fallot as well, and it had been corrected at the age of 2. I had 2 surgeries, but the 2nd one (at 2 years old) was the true success. I have been so blessed to live a healthy, active life and I wanted to share that with her. This sweet mother is trying to draw awareness to CHD and so she is doing a Give-A-Way on her blog. She is strictly doing it for AWARENESS, not donations. You can click the link above, leave a comment and you are registered to win!!!! Please pray for Bentley to continue to be active, strong and developmentally on track AND for her to need only 1 successful surgery. Please also pray for her family to stay strong during this difficult journey.
Here a few CHD facts..
**Congenital heart defects are the #1 birth defect. Nearly one of every 100 babies is born with a CHD.
**Congenital heart defects are the #1 cause of birth defect related deaths.
**Congenital heart defects are the leading cause of all infant deaths in the United States.
**Each year approximately 40,000 babies are born in the United States with a congenital heart defect. Thousands of them will not reach their first birthday and thousands more die before they reach adulthood.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Spring Break in Corpus
At the last minute, Janis and I decided to go ahead and go down to Corpus. I was amazed at how much my kids enjoyed the beach. They played in the water, Collin "surfed" on the boogie board, they jumped the waves and built many "chocolate chip mud" cookies, pies, etc. The down time in the condo was a little crazy. 4 -- 4 year olds and 2 adults and a very small space was a handful. Collin kept the girls and ME on our toes the whole time. Thank goodness for lots of time on the beach, the kids had so much fun and it was a COMPLETE BLAST!!! Thank you to Janis for having us down to their condo--it is decorated BEAUTIFULLY and she made us all feel right at home. The kids can't stop talking about it and were sad to leave. 
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Fun on Friday
This last Friday, we were supposed to leave for Corpus, but Janis has had a rough week and the girls have been really sick. So, we decided to give everyone a couple of days to recuperate, plus the weather would NOT have been nice. Well, since Jeff had already taken Friday off (because we thought we would be driving to Corpus) he spent the day with us :) He and Collin came and watched Reese at dance, then we went to the mall for lunch and a carousel ride, then to watch Collin at tee ball. We then headed home to rest and get a few things around the house done. Afterwards, we decided to take the kids bowling and play a few games, and finally ended up getting an ice cream at Paciugo. We had a nice day spending time together as a family and Collin and Reese were THRILLED Jeff came to watch them at dance and tee ball. We were hoping to leave today (Sunday) for our trip, but Collin started feeling yucky yesterday. I took him to an urgent care doc since it was Saturday and she said he has pneaumonia. So, we are holding off on going until we can get him into Dr. Nail on Monday, then we will just see how he is feeling, etc. Life with kids is so unpredictable. I am holding out hope that we will still get to go, but not sure it is in the cards this time....we shall see.
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