What a great day!

I don't even know where to begin...what an incredible day God has blessed us with!  Today marks the 2 year anniversary of Hudson's first heart surgery and nothing could top it more than us going home today! 

We were released today around 2:00.  Hudson was asleep in my arms when we left the 15th floor.  We were escorted down and waiting on our car when he woke up.  Talk about one surprised little boy!  He didn't know what to think.  Our sweet little boy smiled from the time we put him in his carseat until we pulled into the drive.  We were welcomed home by Uncle Kenneth's (one of Bryan's best friends - who's a chef) yummy spinach lasagna.  It was delicious!  Hudson was greeted with a special sign made by Aunt Mel that says 'welcome home Hudson'.  I have a feeling that sign may have to stay up for a little while!  Mimi & Pop brought over his much anticipated water table.  Uncle Jason, Aunt Alicia & Kaleb even stopped by to say hi.  

 

 

God has answered everyone of our prayers more than we ever could imagine.  We give HIM all of the praise and thanks for healing Hudson's heart and helping us through this trying time.  We continue to ask Him to have His hand on Hudson's healing in the time to come. 

 

 

Thanks to you for your prayers, kind words, sweet letters, visits and phone calls!  They carried us through at times!

CVICU Pictures

Hudson after they removed the vent. & g-tube.

Mommy holding Hudson for the 1st time.  Pure heaven!

Resting comfortably.

Our fav nurse Jill!

Eating a green popsicle - YUMMY!

Daddy, Hudson & Mommy the morning before surgery.

Sorry the pictures are so out of order...

15th floor

As I was typing a new update we received a phone call saying that Hudson was moving to the 15th floor!  Hudson has been very tired today.  He also has some mild discomfort and is not liking taking his meds by mouth!  He has wobbly legs and hasn't wanted to get up and walk around.  He was saying that he "wants to go home".  I know sweet boy, I know!

Thank you so much for all of the prayers!  Please continue to lift us up.  Pray for: Hudson to gain strength, him to be comfortable, walk around without discomfort, tests results to be good and for us to go home when the time is ready.

It's been a long day, long week really...will try to post pictures soon.

Day 2 CVICU

The night went relatively well.  Hudson was able to get much needed rest, thank you God!  He is running a slight temperature, but they say that is completely normal.  Mimi, Pop, Nana & Aunt Alicia (we sent Aunt Mel home to get some rest too) took shifts during the night so that Mommy & Daddy could attempt to get some rest.  It's sad when the floor of the waiting room is more comfortable than the chairs!

The plan for today is to take Hudson off the ventilator and g-tube (the tube sucking his stomach out).  Hopefully that will happen in the next few hours.  They are wanting him to wake up a little more.  They will more than likely monitor him overnight and if all goes how it should we hopefully will be moving to the 15th floor tomorrow at some point. 

Thank you God for having YOUR hand on Hudson during all of this and we continue to lift him up to You!  Please pray for everything to continue going smoothly.  We cannot thank you enough for lifting our sweet boy & our family up in prayer! 

He's in CVICU

We were able to go back and see Hudson.  He looks good and is doing relatively well.  He is still on the ventilator, hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning they will take him off of it.  Please say prayers, Hudson's blood pressure is a little high and he's draining a little more blood than they like.  They are giving him platelets.  They will continue to monitor him and check his levels.  We still need our prayer warriors, we need God to continue to have His hand on Hudson's healing. 

He's Done!

Thank you God for a successful surgery!  We thank you that YOUR hand was in the operating room before, during, and we continue to ask that it's with him after his surgery.  We praise You for what You have done and will continue to do during this!

We talked to Dr. Fraser and he said the surgery went really well.  They were able to fix the VSD, valve and the muscle band.  He went on/off bypass really well.  They only had to give him 1 unit of blood.  HUGE PRAISE!  We should be able to see him in the next hour or so. 

Thank you all for your prayers!  Please continue to pray for Hudson's sweet heart that it heals completely!

Update #2

Thank you God for having YOUR hand on Hudson's surgery & please continue to watch over my sweet boy!  Thank you for the progress that's been made and for Hudson's heart looking so good!

We spoke with Erin, Dr. Faser's nurse, and she gave us a great update!  They already have Hudson on bypass and he is doing great!  Dr. Faser was looking at his VSD and deciding what to do.  Then was going to move onto his right ventricle and the valve.  She said that we should be getting another update around 5:00.

Please continue to lift us all up in prayer.  Pray for Dr. Fraser and the team to continue the surgery successfully.  Pray that Hudson continues to do well.  Pray that they are able to fix it all!

Again, thank you for all the prayers, kind words and visits!