Going for a ride… Mommy had a face mask on. It was green! Tiny P’s special heart, drawn by her surgeon… Sleeping beauty. Crazy hair, post hospital “bath” This grandma sure does love my babies. I think the feeling is mutual! Going home… Happy girl in a bath. Why do we have to keep coming…

No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God’s will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.  ~ Oswald Chambers

Tiny P was very happy to hear on Thursday afternoon that she was going home! She was ecstatic when we started to pack up. Her nurse stated putting all the drug orders in, and going over her med schedule for at home… And then, when we were almost ready to get going, baby girl started…

Tiny P got her heart’s pacing wires taken out today after her EKG, and the only thing left will be the stitches from her chest tubes. I love seeing her gain a little more freedom and mobility with each thing that gets removed. The big news for today is that she has been taken off…

This weekend we were so excited to move out of ICU, and into HKU (heart and kidney unit). Getting out of ICU is always the first big step after heart surgery, and I was super relieved and hopeful after hearing we were moving after just a couple days, and we saw tiny P’s first little…

Though she be but little, she is fierce. ~ Shakespeare These pictures of our precious girl were taken at home the week before surgery…