Still in Michigan

We are still hanging out in Michigan and will most likely be here another day or two. Mason has had discharge orders since Friday but neither Amy or I have felt comfortable letting the hospital discharge Mason yet. If we lived in town it would be a different story, but when you are a 1,000 miles from home you don't want to leave town until you are more than ready. Then he got a little dehydrated so it is a good thing we stuck around so they could give him some fluids by IV. Even when he does get discharged we will probably stick around Ann Arbor an extra day to make sure he is ready for the ride home. Unfortunately we learned our lesson last time and were forced to travel straight home without getting any rest. We were literally 7 hours from Ann Arbor and 7 hours from Wichita in a town called Effingham, Illinois when he started having some issues. I would rather forget that experience.

We still don't have any photos of him post surgery but once we do we will post them for you to see. He just now, today, started looking and acting like his old self. In the meantime we will share some of the photos we took from our trip to see Mason's HLHS friend Jillian and her family. The visit was filled full of bonding, great Mexican food, a vicious dog attack, and a trip to Lake St. Claire. You can actually see and smell Canada from the US side of Lake St. Claire. I am now 1% Canadian from my brief time on the Lake (true story).

Two HLHS babies doing what HLHS babies do, hanging out on the beach.



This time up close. Just think, chances are there were no other pairs of HLHS babies hanging out on a beach (any beach) that day. Rare stuff.



Mia and her friend Julia playing.



This goes without saying: just another day for two great looking guys.



Behind Mason is all things Canada.