Highlights of Kyson's day

A couple of days ago my aunts sent Kyson a fruit arrangement. He loves fruit so it was great. In fact one of the first things I was ever able to get him to eat since surgery was a few grapes.


Today has been a great day for Kyson. He's been awake most of the day and he's actually been playing with a few toys and doing some fun activities. He is very easily agitated but I don't blame him one bit! To begin his day Kyson was visited by one of the hospital dogs name Raleigh. He just sat there at first but then he warmed up to the dog. After a little while the dog licked his hand and it must have tickled or something because gave us his first real big smile. It was wonderful to see again!!!








At lunch Uncle Reed and Aunt Melissa came by to visit Kyson and it was so fun to see them! They drove all the way from Prescott Valley to see him. SOOOO thoughtful of them!!! Kyson got a super cute bunny and an easter basket from them. He has been snuggling with that bunny all day and loves his easter eggs. He is on a very low fat diet so he can't eat all the candy in his basket (he got a couple and was in heaven:) but he loves opening them all up to see what's inside. He knows he will get to eat them when we get home and he seems very excited about that:)









This afternoon Ronald McDonald stopped by for a quick visit and picture.


Last of all my sister Christy stopped by and brought Kyson a Lightning Mcqueen balloon. He has been very entertained by it. He has been playing with it in his bed for quite a while. It is wonderful to see him have the energy to play with toys again.


Kyson's recovery is going really well overall. At first his heart was beating abnormally but the last 24 hours it has been in a normal rhythm which is wonderful! He is still draining a lot out of his chest tubes (more than is normal) so that is the biggest obstacle to get over. They did an echo this morning and everything looked good with that. In fact everything from his surgery looked good so there were no answers as to why he is draining so much. The leak in his tricuspid valve has definitely improved so that's great. Pretty much now we just sit and wait and see if Kyson's body just needs more time to adjust to the new blood flow. All in all we just feel very blessed with how everything has gone.

Thank you EVERYONE! We are surrounded by family and friends who love us and pray for us. There are many here in this PICU who don't the support we have and I feel so blessed by that. My sister asked today if I get bored here but I haven't hardly had a chance to get bored. We have had so many visitors and Kyson keeps me very busy. Thank you everyone!!!