Lots of Pictures

I haven't updated for awhile, except for what is going on with Peyton. And I'm really overdue for a lot of pictures. So, here they are..... (Sorry about some of them being the wrong way...I couldn't get them to turn!)
















































Peyton had to wear this Holter Device (for 24 hours) to monitor his heart's rhythm so they know what is normal when he has his surgery. He showed it to lots of people and loved that it had its own backpack!

Cute Video of Peyton

Peyton is recovering well and he is not grouchy like he was when we first saw him. We just took a video of him and thought we'd post it so everybody can see him! Enjoy!

Update

Peyton is done with the cath and is doing great! He was a perfect angel for the doctor and nurses. All of his pressures look awesome, his heart is pumping beautifully, and his pulmonary arteries are growing with him. He is definitely a candidate for the Fontan. We are still planning on the end of February for surgery. His doctor will get the information from today's cath and then she will discuss it with the surgeons and come up with the surgery info. We are relieved that it is over and relieved that they didn't have to do anything during the cath. We are not planning on staying over night. He will have to lay flat for 6 hours and then they will let us go. We are planning on leaving here around 7:30 tonight. Montana just headed back to see him and hopefully I will be able to go in a little bit! Thanks for all the prayers offered on our behalf. We are so grateful for the power of prayer and fasting. We truly feel them and see results. Hopefully our next post will have lots of pictures of Peyton from this afternoon!

Heart Cath

Peyton is in the cath lab right now and we are just waiting to be buzzed. He was having quite a bit of anxiety before they took him back. He didn't want to be weighed or have his height checked and then he wasn't happy about having is sats taken and his heart listened to. So, we opted to give him some Versed. It took a little bit to get it down but he relaxed quite quickly after he swallowed. He was a little loopy and he didn't even really care that we were leaving him in the cath lab. (He even got to ride in a wagon!!!) We told him that we were going to go on a walk and come back and get him and he seemed fine with it.

The cardiologist told us that the cath will last about 3 hours unless they just take pictures. We are planning on the full 3 hours! It's been an hour already! He will be taken up to the Post-Op Recovery area after the cath to be monitored for awhile. If they have to coil any unnecessary blood vessels then we will be staying at hour home on the hill over night! We are kinda planning on that but only time will tell. They are also going to check his pulmonary arteries to see if they are a decent size for his next surgery. If they are not, they will try to balloon them open and insert a stint if necessary.

We will update again when he's done and we know the results of the cath! Enjoy the pictures!


Walking into the hospital!



Playing in the wagon!



Walking/riding to the cath lab!

(I will also update sometime with pictures from November through January!)

Cardiology Update

Today was our Cardiology appointment. It was quite an eventful visit. Peyton did awesome for his EKG and his measurements. Then it came time for the ECHO. They decided to do the full ECHO instead of the limited one. I brought the M&M's to bribe him but he cried and did not want to have it done. He picked Toy Story to watch and the tech had to get suckers for him. He whined through a lot of it but luckily Montana was there to hold his hand and comfort him. It took about 45 minutes by the time we were done. Tanner was fussy and Mason was upset because he wasn't allowed to have a lot of Peyton's M&M's. Then we went to talk with Dr. Etheridge. And to get the tentative PLAN! We were anticipating surgery this spring. And after today, we are know looking at a Heart Cath the beginning to middle of February with surgery following the end of February/beginning of March. He also will need to have a swallow study done in January to try to figure out his swallowing (or lack thereof). After he has the Fontan, he will most likely be fine for quite a few years. Eventually he will probably need a pacemaker inserted but hopefully that won't be for awhile. It could possibly be after surgery but they are not thinking that. There is really no leaking of his valves which is in his favor! He is definitely turning more blue with his sats in the high 70's right now. I kinda anticipated this being the direction we would take before we got to the appointment. The estimated time in the hospital following the Fontan should be about 7-10 days...but I'm planning on more since Peyton usually has his own schedule. That's pretty much it for now and we just get to keep loving on him!

Funny Story

Yesterday I went to pick Mason up from school. I was checking his backpack and his teacher came up to me. She said that she wanted to tell me a funny story if she saw me. The teacher was teaching the children about a new pattern and the following conversation happened:

Mrs. Unufe (talking to the entire class) - Come on, the pattern's not that hard.
Mason - Yep, it's not rocket science.
Mrs. Unufe - Mason, what's rocket science?
Mason - I don't know but it's not rocket science.

Enjoy! And hopefully I will get pictures up soon from our latest adventures!

What We've Been Up To...

I just realized that my camera has so many pictures on it so this is pretty much a picture post! Enjoy!

Peyton being silly!

Peyton in his Halloween costume...Mario!


Mason in his Halloween costume...Superman!


The boys...minus Tanner!

Peyton painting his pumpkin.


Mason painting his pumpkin.


Cute Tanner!


Check out those dimples!


Peyton and his finished pumpkin.


Mason and his finished pumpkin.


The first snow!


Mason received an award at school for academic achievement. He got two coupons with his award...one for a drink at Sonic and one for a free hamburger from Burger King! We are so proud of him!


His award.


His name on the marquee thing at the school!



Peyton reading a book to Tanner.


Two days before Halloween, Mason's school let the kids dress up and than they did a parade. We even dyed his hair for the school dress up day!


Walking in the parade.


His Kindergarten Class.


From Left to Right: Peyton, Skyler (Stephen's brother), William, Stephen, Mason


Ashley ran in the Halloween Half Marathon down Provo Canyon on the 30th of October. Here's a picture of her crossing the finish line! She ran it in 2 hours and 9 minutes!



All of the boys have worn the pumpkin costume so we had to at least put it on Tanner. It was a little tight but we had to get a picture.


Peyton went to the dentist for the first time. He was so excited to sit in the chair and have Dr. Dave count his teeth!


Here's just a fun picture of Tanner. We tried the mohawk thing since his hair is getting pretty long.


And as I finish this, I realized that I never took a picture of Tanner in his Bumblebee costume. Looks like I'll have to pull it out one more time and take a picture. (Is he the third child or what?!?)

I Love FREE Stuff!

So, I just have to post and say that Monday we picked up 76 12x12 tiles for our bathroom for FREE! It just made my day. Now we can do a little bit more with our bathroom...when Montana has some FREE time!

Also, I took Tanner in for his hearing test on Monday...and he PASSED in both ears. They said he is good unless we start to notice anything. And of course, he started to pay attention to my voice in the last couple of days! So, all is well with us!

6 Month Check-up

Tanner is now 6 months old! I can't believe how fast time has flown by! Here are his stats:

Weight: 14.33 lbs (2.71%)
Length: 26.2 in (32.13%)
Head: 16.5 in (~7%)

He is my little small fry. The percentage on his length continues to climb but his weight is staying about the same percentage. His communication is a little lower so we are having his hearing checked again to make sure he is hearing all the frequencies and sounds. He doesn't really follow my voice so we are just being cautious. Also cause my sister-in-law wears hearing aids. And we would rather be safe than sorry. So, he has that appointment on Monday and then I'll let you all know! He got four shots today and one oral immunization. He was NOT happy about those. It took a little bit to calm him down. Mason and Peyton both got their flu shots today and did very well...it helps when it's the flu mist that gets shot up their noses. Anyway, enjoy this shot that Mason took of Tanner last night!



And Montana officially finished softball season last night! He played three games in a row (won 2, lost 1) while we sat on the bench, freezing!





One final picture...Peyton climbed onto the counter to get a new sippy cup for his Pediasure and this is how I found him.



(I got after him first and then told him to stay put so that I could grab the camera.)