There is no place like home!

Mason was released from the hospital on Thursday afternoon.

First, the cardiologist called to explain her conversation with U of M. Apparently, Mason's surgeon was out of the office so she spoke to the head of cardiac surgery about Mason's stroke. U of M wants to wait 6 weeks before doing a cath and agreed that going up on his aspirin was the right answer. Mason's surgeon should be calling us next week to discuss when we will be making our next trip to Michigan. Then the neurologist stopped by to assess Mason before we left. He thought that Mason still had some weakness in his legs and was not walking steadily. So, we will see him in a month to reassess. We also go orders to see his cardiologist in a month and pediatrician in a week. Whatever it takes to get out of the hospital!

I signed the papers and we were off! Once we got home and in his normal surroundings it was more obvious to me that he did have some stability issues when he walked. This has already gotten better in the last few days. I would say he is about 98%. REMARKABLE! Randy and I couldn't believe how happy Mason was to be home. He played and laughed like I have never seen before. It also seems that he is talking more, too. Randy and I have both noticed it. He is trying to talk in more sentences and I even heard him trying to sing the theme song to one of his favorite TV shows.

And if that wasn't exciting enough, Mia lost her first tooth Saturday morning! She is getting so big. She had been worried about this all week. Her and Daddy finally worked at it enough, it just popped out! We put it in a little plastic ziplock bag and started wondering what the tooth fairy would bring her. Then I started cleaning because the house had been neglected all week. Late afternoon Randy asked Mia where her tooth was - and she couldn't find it. We looked and looked - no luck. Then finally I thought about what had been on the table when I was cleaning. Could there have been a plastic bag on it that I might have thrown away? After digging through the trash, I located the little plastic bag with the very tiny tooth. Disaster avoided! Mia woke up Sunday morning excited that the tooth fairy had left her $2. She then informed me that bigger teeth are worth more - did you know that the tooth fairy will leave you $5 for a molar?

So, our house is getting back to normal. Mia's spring break is over. Mason is acting like nothing happened. Now, we start planning for Mason's big 2nd Birthday in less than 2 weeks!

Thank you all for your support and prayers through this last week and through the last 2 years!