My good friend Megan who I went to college with and also work with has a 2 year old cutie named Mason (she also has a 3 year old daughter Avery and an 11 year old daughter Sierra). About 6-8 mos ago at a routine doctor's appointment it was discovered that Mason had a heart murmur. That in itself isn't usually a big deal, most of the time they correct themselves. Fast forward a couple months and Mason was sick with a bad upper respiratory cold and his Nana (thankfully Megan's mom is a nurse) who was watching him that day noticed that the area around his mouth was a blueish/gray color and had Megan make him a doctor appt ASAP. At that appt, his heart sound a little more irregular, so the doctor referred Mason to cardiology (scary referral for a parent to receive). At his cardiology appt it was determined that he had a hole in his little heart - after more appointment and more tests/ultrasounds it was decided that he needed to have surgery to repair the little hole. The surgery was mandatory, but was not an emergency, the doctor just said within the next year. Mason had his surgery Thursday of this week and thankfully did GREAT!! This has been an emotional and physical roller coaster for Megan and Matt, they are so happy the surgery is over and they can now breathe again!
The boys and I went to visit Mason at Children's today after Elmo (and Josh left for work)! He was sound asleep on daddy when we got there, but soon woke up and was all smiles! He still has one drainage tube left that they hope to remove tomorrow. Mason is very proud of his incision and asks everyone if they want to see his "crack"! I asked him if it hurt and he said "nope"! He is doing wonderful! It was so great to see him - and see with our own eyes that he was indeed ok!!
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He is ADORABLE! So glad they were able to get it fixed.
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