Update from dad 4-23-09

Good Morning KSG,

We can't thank you enough for your continued prayers and support. It would have been extremely hard getting through this without ALL of you in our lives. Well it has almost been a week since Kolton's surgery and he is doing great. He still continues to not only amaze us but the doctors too.

I wanted to thank all of you who donated to the upcoming March of Dimes walk in honor of Kolton. Christeen has worked hard to put this together and raise money, as of yesterday she met her goal, if you would still like to donate, today is the last day(until next years walk). If this is new information to you here is the link: www.marchforbabies.org/christeen

Gretchen, Tavyn, and myself plan on walking with Christeen and the Kolton Kruisers this Sunday. If you would like to join us we would love to have you. Follow the link to where and when.

On to Kolton, he is back on the 3rd floor in his own room. He has been having occupational therapy stopping by to help him learn to eat on his own. They experimented with several bottles and nipples to see what he prefers, and they found a match. I spoke with one of his Nurse practioners last night and she said as long as he can eat what he is supposed to he can come home as early as this Monday!!! Oh my, we have a lot to do in preparation if that is the case. That is about 3 weeks early! To share with you the connection between MDs, us, and the patients, Kolton's primary Cardiologist was out on vacation last week during the surgery. She would call Gretchen periodically, and call the hospital to check in on Kolton on a daily basis. When she got back into town, the first thing she did was come in to see her Miracle Patient. She should be teaching courses in bedside manner!

Before Kolton comes home the hospital will put us through CPR and first aid classes. We will be going through a lot of education on taking care of a post op cardiac patient, too. They have already instructed us to not allow Kolton around large groups of people, due to the risk of infection and sickness. We plan on having an open house about a month or so after he comes home and we get settled so everyone will have an opportunity to meet the little guy they have been praying for.

That is about it for now, hope to see some of you at the March of Dimes walk this Sunday.

All of our love,

The Thompson Tribe