SUPERMAN......

How else can I say it... I do believe my boy is Superman..... Who else could go in for OPEN HEART SURGERY and leave the hospital less than 41/2 days later?!?! I will tell you who Superman a.k.a Jack... We were discharged on Friday morning, less than 4 and 1/2 days after we stepped into the hospital. Jack was ready, Steve an myself were not. We kept on saying "are you sure?", but the doctors told us there was nothing left for them to do, he was ready and doing "fantastic". I sooo wish I had a camera to take a picture of Jack as we were pulling out of the hospital parking lot. He was sitting in his car seat with the biggest, cutest, smile I have ever seen... He knew he was going home and he couldn't wait. They told us to limit the activity, and that a child will not do something if it hurts. First thing Jack did when we got home was try to crawl. but he knew right away something was different. He would start to go and then stop, sit up and wipe his chest... not hard, but like he was brushing something off his shirt. but now it's Monday and the boy will not stop... He just goes and goes, and although I have a heart attack about 5 times a day thinking he is going to fall straight on his chest he has not done it yet and I'm doing all I can to make sure he doesn't. I don't have to change the bandage until Friday so we will see how well the incision is healing then, for now I just give him a sponge bath with these really soft sponge things from the hospital and then wash his hair with the coolest thing - it's this no rinse shampoo, I pour it on jacks hair, its like water, then start to scrub his hair and it lathers up and then I rub it with a dry with a towel and wha la, I have a so fresh and so clean little man... For now this is all I can write due to time, but I will share some pictures from our stay... one of them is Jack without his shirt on so sorry if it is too much for anyone....

This is shortly after surgery and this was the first time we saw Jack.... I was REALLY worried about seeing him for the first time, but there was nothing to be worried about... like I said before after he got the breathing tube out he was a pretty upset-nothing like Jack- little guy for about 12 hrs....

This is the day after surgery and after a 7hr nap.... we started seeing signs of our little guy returning.... it was a really great feeling : )

This picture doesn't show at all how much Jack loved riding in this wheelchair, but every morning at 5am we would be awakened to go down and get an X-Ray done, and Jack LOVED riding in the wheelchair, he looked so grown up in it, and when we were going if he saw anyone it was like he was in a parade, he would wave and say "Hi".....

Finally, this was a picture of our room we were in when we were moved out of the PICU onto the "floor".... It was so great to have our own room, that had a window and just our own space.... Look at how great he looks!!! : )

I had to add this one in, this is Elle on her first day of school. It was hard for me to not be able to take her and be there on her little special day, but at least we got some pictures....