March 13, 2009

Happy Friday Kolton Support Group,
We apologize that it has been a few days since we posted last. We also thank you for your continued support and prayers, WE NEED THEM! It has been a rough week for us, not Kolton. Juggling the work/life balance is a little bit more challenging than we anticipated especially with one of us at the hospital every night. We know this is temporary and we can make it through. We keep reminding ourselves that this is but a nanosecond in the span of our lives.
On to the man of the year: Kolton! He continues to amaze us with his fight, he looks really good. When I saw him yesterday he was weighing in at 4lbs 8ozs, that is double his birth weight. When I was kangarooing him last night he actually did a couple of "push ups", he placed his tiny hands on my chest lifted his head up then pushed himself up. It was so incredible to see my little guy physically show so much strength! He has a tentative date for his banding procedure, it is April 6th. With this procedure there are two routes that he can go: first his blood/oxygen saturation levels will stay the same (which is what we want) or second his levels can drop and he would have to be put on life support (this is very serious and we don't want this). One thing to realize about these surgeries... it is rare that they do the procedures on premies it is typically done on full term babies. This is why they are being extremely cautious with every move with Kolton. So we need him to continue to grow at this point and rest for his surgery.
Since I have been back to work and out in the field I ran into an old account yesterday where one of the staff shared with me the story of her friend's son how he had the same heart condition and same operation. He is now 8 and doing great!!! We are very thankful that my Auntie from Hawai'i is coming into town tomorrow. We can us the extra help, since I'm leaving for work for 2 weeks.
We welcome your continued support and prayers.
All of our love,
The Thompson Tribe