tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59695916851920941792024-02-06T20:27:26.242-06:00Max is Having a Heart TimeMuesch Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15044377637296768017noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969591685192094179.post-13941384949268034672015-08-27T21:21:00.000-05:002015-08-27T21:21:02.868-05:00Welcome Baby Jude!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Early on the morning of January 26, 2015, Tyler and I drove to the Women's and Children's Hospital at Centennial Medical Center to deliver Jude. I remember the ride there and we were much less anxious than when Max was born; mostly we were just very excited to meet our new baby boy. </div>
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I loved every bit of our experience at Centennial because all my friends and coworkers took care of us. Kristen was my CRNA and gave me a fabulous spinal. Carmen was my L&D nurse. Both of them took such good care of me and made the OR experience so much fun and not scary at all! </div>
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I was a 7:30 scheduled c-section and Dr. Bellardo delivered Jude at 7:48am. He weighed 6 lbs and 12 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. I remember when they wrapped Jude up and I held him for the first time on the OR table. For some reason, I just assumed he would look just like Max, but he didn't. Such a sweet baby and I love that Tyler captured this moment of me holding him for the first time.</div>
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My sweet friend, Ashlee, was Jude's nurse and she took such good care of him! I loved that all my friends took care of us!</div>
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Daddy checking Jude out</div>
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Tyler holding Jude for the first time.</div>
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Taking a snooze after all the excitement of being born</div>
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Ten little fingers...</div>
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Tyler, Jude, and I had some alone time for the first 4 hours after he was born. We knew it would get a little crazy after that, so we made sure we had some sweet bonding time with him first.</div>
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We wanted to make sure Max didn't feel left out or sad, so we sent the baby to the nursery right before he arrived. When Max entered the room, he crawled in my lap and we snuggled for a few minutes. He brought his new "big brother bear" with him...</div>
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...Then we had Jude brought to the room and we introduced Max to him. He was very sweet to him and I could tell he was trying to figure out what in the world was going on. </div>
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We had gifts wrapped for both boys so they could exchange them at the hospital. Jude got Max a big brother book, some candy, and a BayMax costume. </div>
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Max got Jude a frog wub-a-nub. This was the perfect gift from Max because Max loved his paci so much for the first 2 years of his life. </div>
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Family of Four!</div>
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Max absolutely loved the BayMax costume and insisted upon wearing it the rest of the afternoon. He even showed the nurses.</div>
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Philip and Nick came to visit and hang out for a while.</div>
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Allison also visited us during our stay and we introduced Miller to baby Jude. We hope they will be great friends just like Walker and Max.</div>
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Meg came to visit too and brought us lunch.</div>
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Our last night in the hospital, Tyler went home to hang out with Max and put him to bed. He took him to school the next morning and then came to pick me up and take us home. Since Jude and I were all alone the night before we left, we decided to have a little impromptu photo session...</div>
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All ready to go home and begin our life together as a family of four</div>
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Baby Jude's 20 week ultrasound<br />
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This pregnancy has been so different from my pregnancy with Max. So much so, that I swore I was having a girl. I was really sick the whole first trimester, but with Max I never felt nauseated. I also had terrible heartburn almost everyday. Between the nausea and heartburn, meals were a challenge. I craved lemonade, chicken broth, ensure protein shakes, ice cream, and Zaxby's chicken and french fries.<br />
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Jude was extremely active in my belly just like Max, and I was always so thankful for that. I absolutely loved being pregnant and I tried to enjoy every minute as much as possible. It's such a special and short period of time in your life. So much to celebrate before the baby is even born!<br />
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The first thing I ever monogrammed for Jude was his Christmas stocking</div>
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Having our weekly echocardiogram at Vandy to make sure Jude's heart is healthy.</div>
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The week before Christmas we completed our last echo when I was 34 weeks pregnant and Dr. Kavanaugh officially cleared Jude from needing more monitoring and determined he is heart healthy. No heart block for Jude!!! We have been doing weekly echoes since I was 16 weeks pregnant, so it felt so good to get to this point and be cleared of any problems with his heart. What a wonderful feeling and something to celebrate!!! Dr. Kavanaugh was one of the doctors that took great care of Max when he had his surgery in August. We love that she was able to take care of both our boys. </div>
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Our sweet friends threw us a baby shower a few weeks before Jude was born. We had lunch at Puffy Muffin and then visited and opened gifts. It was perfect!</div>
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These cookies that Rebecca had made were adorable and absolutely delicious!</div>
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Here are the adorable gifts we received. It made me so excited for Jude to get here!</div>
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39 week baby bump</div>
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Tyler's friends at Region's Bank threw us a shower a few days before Jude arrived. We had lunch, cake, and visited with friends. They gave us gift cards to buy some things that Jude might need. We are so thankful for this group of people that Tyler works with. </div>
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Dede and Pop came in town the Saturday before Jude was born to watch Max so Tyler and I could attend the AHA Heart Gala. It worked out great because they stayed for a few days to meet baby Jude and to help keep Max while we were in the hospital.</div>
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On Sunday January 25th, the day before we delivered, we took Max to Build-A-Bear so he could make a "Big Brother Bear." He picked out his own bear, his clothes, and his character traits. It was a really fun family thing to do and Max loved it. </div>
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Here he is selecting which character traits he wants his bear to have. He chose smart, funny, kind, sporty, sensitive, loving, etc. He also got to pick out the bear's heart and put it in the bear. </div>
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Adding more characteristics to the bear. He also added sound recordings to each hand. When you press one hand, the bear says, "I love you," and the other hand giggles. </div>
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Stuffing his bear</div>
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Giving him a bath. Afterward, we gave him a birth certificate and officially named him "Paddington Bear," per Max's request. (he had just seen the movie with Tyler).<br />
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Max loved the process of making his bear and we told him to make sure he brings Paddington Bear to the hospital to introduce him to baby Jude. We loved doing this as a family the night before we welcomed a new member to our family. It was a sweet memory and helped Max feel special when so much of the attention is on the new baby.<br />
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January 24, 2015 was one of the most special nights Tyler and I have ever had together. It was incredibly memorable, to say the least. We were invited to the American Heart Association's Annual Heart Gala and were considered guests of honor. About 6 weeks before the event the AHA interviewed Tyler and me in our home and made a 4 minute video of our family's journey with Max's congenital heart block and what the AHA means to us. They wanted to play it during the "giving" portion of the night and have it kick off the live auction. We were so honored that they asked us and very excited to attend the event. The AHA gave us 4 tickets, so Mom and Dad were very excited to join us!</div>
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Well, here I am all dressed up at 39.2 weeks pregnant. I wasn't sure if I would make it, but I really didn't want to miss this special night. </div>
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The boys enjoying cocktail hour at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center<br />
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I'm so glad my mom and dad could join us for this special event</div>
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Our table was on the stage and overlooked everyone else. It was fun to sit there and people watch.</div>
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The Beech Buccaneer Drum Line was part of the entertainment. I couldn't believe it because that's where I went to high school. They were super impressive!</div>
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Part of the reason we were asked to come to this event was because of the relationship we have with Paul and Beth Frankenberg and Bear. </div>
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Here is a picture of Paul and Bear after having his heart surgery in the 1970's. His parents gave the bear to him. Paul continues to let people he knows having heart surgery borrow Bear to help make them brave. The Frankenbergs let Max borrow the bear for his surgery last August when he had his pacemaker replaced. Max absolutely loved this idea and we felt so fortunate to have Bear with us for a time.</div>
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Beth and Paul Frankenberg, the chairmen of the Heart Gala<br />
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We met Beth and Paul a few years ago after they saw our article in the newspaper featuring Max. They contacted us because they knew we were raising funds for the AHA Heart Walk. Paul was diagnosed with a heart issue in the 1970's and the doctor told his parents there was nothing they could do for him and to take him home and enjoy what time they had with him. His parents got a second opinion and a physician at another hospital believed he could help and did surgery on Paul's heart. As if that wasn't enough of a gift, an anonymous person paid the remainder of Paul's medical bills after his surgery. As an adult, Paul decided he wanted to "pay it forward" and make a difference in someone else's life. That family was ours. Paul and Beth made a generous donation to our Heart Walk team and we've kept up with each other ever since. </div>
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Then, they played the video of the interview we did for the AHA. It was played during the "giving" portion of the evening in order to kick off the live auction. The video told our family's story, Max's story, and what the AHA means to us. </div>
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There is so much emotion in this slide. The first picture is of Max with Bear after he had his surgery in August. The last picture is all three of us holding hands right before Max was discharged from the hospital. It was a rough few days for sure, so it was a symbol that we made it through together. The middle picture is of Max wearing his superhero cape and holding Bear with his matching cape. As a thank you to the Frankenbergs, I made a superhero cape for Bear that matches Max's cape. We presented it to Beth and Paul at the Gala.</div>
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As if the night wasn't special enough, every car at the event that night had this picture of Max inside. The message on the back thanked them for donating to the AHA and explained that families like ours directly benefit from their donations. </div>
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We left the Gala that night even more proud to be Max's parents than we already were. We can't wait to see the difference he makes in other's lives as he grows. </div>
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Muesch Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15044377637296768017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969591685192094179.post-21917412601438738532015-01-25T21:25:00.001-06:002015-01-25T21:25:47.378-06:00Happy New Year 2015!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Tyler and I decided to stay home and have a family night for New Year's Eve and we were so glad we did. We had a blast together just hanging out, doing puzzles and playing games.</div>
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What a sweet New Year's Eve kiss! (at 8pm)</div>
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making monsters with Max's new art jar that Santa brought</div>
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playing animal bingo</div>
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These boys could play in their home made fort forever<br />
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A few days after New Years we took Max to the historic Franklin Theatre to see Big Hero 6. Going to a movie is one of Max's favorite things to do. He had already seen the movie 3 times, and he loved it the fourth time just as much as the first.</div>
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Santa found our house again this year!</div>
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Max slept until almost 8am, and we were all excited for him to wake up so we could open gifts. We had to make noise downstairs so he would hurry up and get up.</div>
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He absolutely loves Jake and the Neverland Pirates right now, so Santa brought him a big Jake boat. He loved it!</div>
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Daddy had a great idea to get Max his first set of golf clubs for Christmas. In the Spring, it will be so much fun for the two of them to go golfing together.</div>
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Dede and Pop got Max 3 really cool robots and he loves them!</div>
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Grandpa Tom went home after we opened gifts and ate breakfast together. Then we went to Mimi and Pal's house for the rest of the day. </div>
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Max and TK had a blast opening up presents!</div>
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Mimi got Max a really cool flying helicopter</div>
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Max's gift to TK was a fairy doll and fairy dress from the movie, Pirate Fairy</div>
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They both love Mimi's piano so much!</div>
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We all spent the night at Mimi and Pal's house because the boys went on their annual duck hunting trip the next morning. Max and TK wanted to sleep in the same room together. TK got a little scared when it was time to turn the lights out, so Max said, "Here TK, you can sleep with my stuffed animal monkey. He will help make you brave." It was so sweet and it worked!</div>
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The next day, the boys left early for 4 days of duck hunting in AR. Chelsea and TK hung out with us at Mimi's house and played with all their new toys.</div>
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And we went to see the horse</div>
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We relaxed and enjoyed spending time together over the next several days. It was so nice to be able to hang out and just visit for such a long period of time. That's the only time of year we are ever able to do that. And the boys had a blast duck hunting together.<br />
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...Breakfast with Santa at ONCC. Our friends and their kids come every year to this event and it's a lot of fun for everyone. We all ate a great breakfast together and the kids took photos with Santa. Max is terrified of Santa this year, hence no photo with him. That makes me so sad not to have even a screaming picture with Santa, but Max would go nowhere near him and I didn't want to traumatize him. After breakfast, the kids made Christmas crafts and balloon animals. It's such a fun family event and we look forward to doing it again next year. </div>
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Max, Lilly, Walker, and Tripp with their balloon swords</div>
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Making a gingerbread house is one of Max's very favorite Christmas traditions. He loved helping me make the house, but more than that, he loves picking the candy off the house and eating it when I'm not looking.</div>
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Grandpa Tom came in town a few days before Christmas to visit. We had a really nice visit and spent time relaxing and looking at Christmas lights.</div>
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Another one of Max's favorite Christmas traditions is looking at Christmas lights. We went 3 times this year. He likes to take popcorn and hot cocoa with him. We took Grandpa Tom with us to look at some lights.</div>
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Max stayed in big church with us. He loved the music and the candle lighting ceremony</div>
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We had a really nice Christmas Eve dinner together.</div>
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One of Grandpa Tom's gifts from us was a book of photos of Max from all of last year. It's amazing how much the little guy has changed in the last year. </div>
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Grandpa Tom let Max open his gifts on Christmas Eve. He got some really cool toys including a wooden race car and train that you build and then paint. He also got a puzzle with pirates on it.</div>
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His big gift was an awesome John Deere dump truck and it was one of Max's favorite Christmas gifts. He plays with it every single day and is so proud to show it off. </div>
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Doing a Jake floor puzzle with Daddy</div>
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I really wanted to take Max on a trip, just the three of us, before Jude is born. I thought it would be fun to take him somewhere he would love and just focus on him for the weekend. I talked to Tyler about it and we decided to plan a trip to Chattanooga to visit the Tennessee Aquarium and the Children's Creative Discovery Museum. When we planned the trip, we had no idea it would be that much fun! We were only gone for 24 hours, but we packed a lot of fun things into that short amount of time. </div>
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Max is the perfect car traveler now that he loves watching movies on the IPAD. He likes to put on his headphones and watch movies or episodes of Blue's Clues, Jake, or Mickey for almost the whole way. It works out well for everyone.<br />
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The nice thing about Chattanooga is that it only takes about 2 hours to get there from our house. We got there late afternoon on Friday, December 5 and checked into our hotel. Max was excited about every single thing we did starting with the idea that the three of us were going to spend the night in a hotel together and have a sleepover. He wanted to pick which bed he would sleep in and then jump on it. Of course we let him. Then we decided to walk around the city a little bit. Chattanooga is a very walkable city, so we put Max in the stroller and took off exploring. We checked out an amazing indoor carousel that we thought Max would love, but he didn't and refused to ride.<br />
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We walked over the river and ended up getting some amazing ice cream before dinner. Max got chocolate ice cream with M&M's, sprinkles, and hot fudge. Needless to say, he was in heaven!<br />
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Then we walked to Mellow Mushroom to meet Tyler's brother, Greg, for dinner. Greg moved there from Memphis last year and we haven't seen him since he moved, so it was great to catch up.<br />
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Then we had a pajama party in our hotel room and Max loved it!<br />
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The next morning we ate some breakfast and then headed over to the Tennessee Aquarium. Max kept talking about how all he wanted to see were the sharks. We tried to explain that there was a lot more to see than just sharks, but he wasn't convinced. The Aquarium was amazing and I would definitely recommend it to everyone. It took about 2 hours to go through. One building is filled with freshwater fish and animals and the other was all saltwater animals. Max loved petting whatever this fish is called. All I remember is that they live for up to 80 years!<br />
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Enjoying looking at all the fish!<br />
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Check out the illuminated fish behind Max's head!<br />
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This kid was really excited about Christmas, too, and loves pointing out every Christmas tree he sees.<br />
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He loved the penguins<br />
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His favorite exhibit was the giant saltwater tank filled with tons of different kinds of fish, sharks, and turtles. Two divers entered the tank just as we were getting there. They talked to us all about the fish in there and about how they take care of them. Max sat perfectly still and watched the whole time. He finally got to see his sharks.<br />
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Having a little fun in the shark cage.<br />
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Giant crabs! Yikes!<br />
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I thought the jelly fish were fascinating.<br />
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After a nice lunch at Big River Grill, we took Max to the Children's Discovery Museum which was directly across the street from our hotel. We weren't sure if Max would like it or not, but as it turns out, it was awesome! All three of us ended up having a blast and we were so glad we went. I would recommend it to anyone that has kids. We were worried that Max would't be old enough to enjoy it, but there were so many fun things to do, we couldn't get him to leave the place. Now I know why it's been voted one of the best children's museums in the country. It was a nice balance between being educational and encouraging creativity and imaginative play.<br />
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We only have a few pictures to show, but we could have stayed there all day. Every room encouraged a different kind of play or taught something new. Tyler and I were really impressed and we will definitely be going back.<br />
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Using air to blow the beach ball through the hoop<br />
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Max LOVED the dinosaur exhibit. The giant T-Rex was impressive<br />
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He thought the giant sand pit full of dinosaur bones was great! I thought it was a great idea too, so we went digging for dinosaur bones. I think he could have stayed in there all day.<br />
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Clearly, he enjoyed it.<br />
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Getting ready for Thanksgiving. Max loves to help me cook and he always insists on wearing his apron and chef hat.</div>
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He had fun celebrating Thanksgiving at preschool.</div>
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This year we spent Thanksgiving in Memphis with Dede and Pop. Hannah was there for a few days and it was nice to spend some time with her. Max adores her. It was just the 6 of us for Thanksgiving dinner and it was absolutely delicious! Later that evening Sara's family came over and spent the night. Max had so much fun playing with his cousins!</div>
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Max's idea of eating turkey on Thanksgiving is eating these turkey cookies that he and I made together. He didn't take a bite of his meat, but he kept asking when he could eat his turkey (cookie). </div>
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Aunt Hannah played the piano and Max loved it! </div>
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One of Max's favorite things to do there is ride "Big Country" with Pop.</div>
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Playing Play-Doh with Dede</div>
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Max had so much fun playing with his cousins. Lily and Andy came over for a while on Friday along with Grandma and Grandpa Kreuser. It was so good to see everyone since it's rare that we all get together. </div>
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This year Max is really into Jake, from the Disney show "Jake and the Neverland Pirates." There was no question who he would be for Halloween because the answer was obviously Jake. He watches Jake on tv every morning while eating his breakfast and we have more Jake toys than I can count. </div>
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This year we had several Halloween celebrations so he was able to wear his costume a lot, which he thought was great. </div>
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Here we are at the downtown Franklin Halloween Festival. I found a maternity witch costume so I decided it would be fun to dress up with Max. He loved the idea! This is my favorite festival of the year and there are so many fun things to do with the kids at the festival. There are tons of games, food, crafts, etc. Grandpa Tom was in town and he came with us. We met Allison and Walker there and all had fun together. Of course we had to get Ellie's donuts because they are Max's favorite and we get them almost every Saturday morning in the summer at the Farmer's Market. Our church sponsored a whole block at the festival and it was so much fun! Here Max and I are riding the train. </div>
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We also have an annual tradition of all of our friends getting together for a Halloween party. This year it was at the Hunter's house and the kids had a blast! </div>
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Trick-or-treating at Daddy's office</div>
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Getting ready for Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood. Mom and Dad sat this pumpkin on our front porch every Halloween when Eric and I were little. I still love it!</div>
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Max loves saying, "Arghh!" just like Jake does.</div>
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The three of us had so much fun Trick-or-Treating this year! We thought Max would only want to go to a house or two, but we finally had to tell him that was enough after visiting about 10 houses in our neighborhood. The only problem was that he wanted to go inside everyone's house instead of just staying on their doorstep. He just helped himself inside several of the houses.</div>
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Tyler asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday, so I told him, and we did exactly that. It was the perfect birthday with my boys! We went to church and then had a delicious breakfast at Old Natchez Country Club. Max loved his waffles with sprinkles, syrup and milk cream (as he calls it). </div>
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Then, the three of us went to Gentry's Farm and let Max play for a while. It was so much fun seeing Max play, run around, and have fun. I love spending time with the two of them and we had a great time at the farm together. </div>
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His favorite part of the day was the hayride. </div>
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He picked out the perfect pumpkin to take home with us.<br />
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Later that night, the weather was beautiful so we grilled out and then built a fire in our backyard. It was wonderful! We all three cuddled by the fire and made s'mores, Max's new favorite dessert. It was such a memorable and special birthday!<br />
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A few nights later, Mom and Dad invited us all over for a bonfire and birthday celebration. Chelsea, Eric, and Tressa Kate came over too. We had bbq, grilled hotdogs, made s'mores, and played outside. Pal even took the kids on a hayride around the yard. What a fun time that was!</div>
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One of our favorite things to do in the Fall is go to Gentry's Farm. There are so many fun things to do for the kids and we love letting them run around and explore. Walker and Lilly joined us and we had such a great day together!</div>
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I love to see how much he grows every year.</div>
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Lilly and Walker could have played in the corn all day, but Max wasn't into it. He preferred seeing the animals and playing on the slides. </div>
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I'm so thankful for this sweet boy!</div>
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Max loved playing on all the different slides at the farm. That was his favorite thing to do other than the hayride. </div>
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The kids loved the hayride. We got a tour of the grounds and saw lots of cows. </div>
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The kids all picked out their own pumpkin at the end of the day.</div>
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The Heart Walk is always one of the highlights of our year. We feel so incredibly blessed to have Max and that he lives a normal, healthy life, so we love helping raise money for the AHA and participating in the Heart Walk every year. We know that funds that have been raised in the past have directly affected our family and we are so thankful for that. Every year in October, we round up our friends and family and walk a 5k around Vandy's campus. There are usually around 13k people that show up and I feel like it's incredibly inspiring and instills a sense of hope in me for the future of these kids and other heart patients. This year we had an amazing team of supporters! Aunt Paula, Grandmama, and Dede and Pop all drove in town to help support Max and walk with us. A lot of our friends showed up to walk as well as some of Mom and Dad's friends. We've been through a lot this year, it really meant so much to us to have a team of people that we love show up to support Max and our family.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">All,<br /><br />Max, Amy and I want to thank you so much for supporting us this year in our fundraising efforts. Through the generocity of 117 people, Max's team was able to raise $11,656 while the Middle TN team at Regions Bank raised roughly $35,000.<br /><br />This has been a big year for our family.<br /><br />#1 We will be welcoming a baby boy to our family in January 2015. There is a higher chance that this baby will have the same heart condition as Max, but thanks to the technology and expertise at Vandy, we monitor baby #2's heart every week and everything is looking great. We're past the point where the heart condition typically shows up so we're all very optimistic that he'll be born without a heart defect.<br /><br />#2 Max had his second surgery this year to replace his pacemaker and lead that he received at only 7 days old. Although, Amy and I would agree that the surgery was emotionally tolling on both of us (and obviously physically tolling on Max), surgery couldn't have gone better and Max was up and running around again within a week of surgery. We're hopeful this new pacemaker will last 7 to 10 years and we're excited to see what happens with pacemaker technology in the meantime...which is where your donations absolutely play a huge part!<br /><br />I can't stress how thankful we truly are for your support. Thank you so much for continuing to generously support our family through your giving. We also want to thank you for you're notes of encouragement. They mean so much to us and we actually save each one in a file to show Max once he's old enough to get it. We want him to see (1) the generocity and support he's had over the years from folks that he knows and lots of folks that he doesn't know and (2) we want him to see the impact he has had on folks as well as our community simply by being a heart survivor and the importance of being grateful and giving back as we have been given so much.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br />Max, Amy and Tyler</span></blockquote>
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The sweet Moses family all wore our shirts and came to visit before the walk for a few minutes. Laurel couldn't walk because she was due to deliver her baby in a few weeks, but we really appreciate them making the drive to Nashville just to help support us. </div>
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Max is ready to roll in his decorated wagon</div>
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I love this pic of all the kids; it's so sweet!</div>
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After the walk, the Alexander's, Grandmama, Aunt Paula, Gail, and Tyler, Max, and I all had lunch together at Chuy's. Max enjoyed some rainbow sherbet afterward.</div>
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These are the lego hearts that we made for Dr. Radbill and Dr. Mettler, Max's physicians. Max put them together and we sent them along with thank you cards as a small token of appreciation. They are so special to our family and will always have a special place in our hearts.</div>
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Max and I go almost every Saturday morning to the Farmer's Market to shop, listen to music, and get fresh donuts. Max's second love right behind cake is donuts, so he thoroughly enjoys them. </div>
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A Max and Mommy date to Sweet Cece's for blue ice cream. Max had a very difficult transition after his surgery back into his normal routine. The first few weeks of Mother's Day Out were a nightmare and he had severe anxiety while he was there or anywhere other than home, for that matter. So, one day I promised him that I would take him to get ice cream after school if he had a good day and participated in all the activities. He agreed and held me to it. After getting his first good report from his new teacher, he promptly asked me if he could have his ice cream. We celebrated his success with a giant cup of cake batter ice cream with m&m's in it. He insisted on blue ice cream since blue is his favorite color, but they didn't have it. We decided to make our own with blue m&m's and he was very happy with that. He actually ate the whole cup by himself too! I didn't even care because I was so happy that he had a good day at school after a few weeks of pure misery.</div>
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One of our favorite Christian music artists, Matthew West, put on a free show in the Kroger parking lot one afternoon. Tyler and the Bailey's met us there for a picnic dinner and great live music. It was awesome and the kids loved it!</div>
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Daddy surprised Max with tickets for all of us to see Disney's Frozen on Ice at the arena downtown. Max was incredibly excited and he loved every minute! We sat in the box and had such a nice evening as a family. The show was really amazing and all three of us enjoyed it. While other kids were jumping, running, singing and full of energy, Max just sat completely still and silent the whole two hours and intently watched the show. When we would try to ask him if he was having fun, he would tell us to be quiet so he could hear and then occasionally look our way and smile. For the whole next week he talked about how much he loved seeing Frozen on Ice. </div>
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The next day, Grandma Nancy, Aunt Paula, Dede and Pop came in town to help support us in the 2014 AHA Heart Walk. It also happened to be Mimi's birthday the week before, so we celebrated by having a bonfire that evening and visiting with family. </div>
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Max absolutely loves playing in Mimi and Pal's yard whether its riding cars, swinging, exploring, riding the tractor, or throwing sticks in the woods with Pal. </div>
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Why are sticks so fascinating to boys?</div>
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A birthday photo with Mimi</div>
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One of Max's favorite things to do at their house is ride his truck off the driveway, down the hill, and into the woods. He just giggles and giggles the whole way down!</div>
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Snuggle time with Grandmama</div>
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Max loves his Aunt Paula too! Aunt Paula helped us raise money this year for Max's team and we were so appreciative of that!</div>
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When Eric and I were little, Grandma and Grandpa Alexander bought Eric this Case Tractor and trailer. It eventually was given to Dad, and a few weeks ago he cleaned it up for Max and Tressa Kate to play with. It's still in great shape and what a special toy to pass down from a few generations!</div>
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The kids love having a fire in the fire pit, so we roasted hotdogs and s'mores. It was a perfect evening for a fire.</div>
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Max and TK eating dinner together</div>
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I think Max would consider it a sin to celebrate a birthday without cake, so we had cupcakes for Mimi's birthday and sang Happy Birthday to her. </div>
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The next morning we all went to the Heart Walk together and had an amazing time. Later that afternoon, someone Tyler associates with at work invited us to his property for a cookout and party. </div>
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Max loved the big tractor even though we missed riding the hayride. </div>
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He liked taking the ATV down to the pond to see the fish jumping in the water. </div>
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Muesch Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15044377637296768017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969591685192094179.post-44899864321016637082014-10-29T14:17:00.000-05:002014-10-29T14:17:32.553-05:00We are expecting a baby brother for Max!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
By now, most of our friends and family have probably heard that we are expecting baby number two in January. We are completely thrilled and are also very excited to find out that Max is going to have a baby brother!</div>
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Some of you may also know that Max is actually the one that told us we were pregnant. On Mother's Day, I told Max I had a surprise for him and asked him if he would like it. I think it was a cupcake, or something like that. He looked at me and said, "A baby sister?" Now this was shocking to us because we did not know we were pregnant nor had we talked about it with Max. It was a completely random comment and I didn't know what to think of it, but I was hoping he was right! About a week and a half later, we found out that Max was right and we were expecting a baby. He was very curious about the baby and asked me daily for a long time if I had a baby in my belly. When I said yes, I then asked him if he wanted a baby brother or a baby sister. Every single time he said he wanted a baby sister. </div>
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Then it came time to find out if we were having a boy or a girl. Since Max insisted that he was having a baby sister and I felt completely different with this pregnancy versus the first, I was pretty sure we were having a girl. I was wrong. We are definitely having a boy and we couldn't be more thrilled that Max will soon have a baby brother!</div>
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Because we have previously had a child with heart block, our chances with this pregnancy of the baby having heart block increase from 2% to 20%. We obviously don't like those odds, so I've enrolled in a study that has created a protocol for patients in my situation. I take the drug, Plaquenil, daily to try to help keep my SSA antibodies from my Sjogren's Syndrome from passing to the baby and damaging his heart, like they did with Max. I also have weekly echocardiograms at Vandy from 16 weeks until 26 weeks, and every other week thereafter until delivery. I also have several blood draws done and sent to the research lab in New York where the study is being conducted. The researcher, Dr. Jill Buyon, feels very confident that this protocol can potentially help patients like me and hopefully help prevent heart block in babies. Vandy is also very supportive of the study and works closely with Dr. Buyon even though she is in NY. The study is in its third year and the results look very promising for patients with Sjogren's Syndrome and/or Lupus. We think, eventually, this will be a standard protocol for patients with my history. </div>
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All that being said, we are now 27 weeks pregnant and the baby looks great! Everything is developing normally and the baby's heart looks perfect! We really appreciate all the prayers from friends and family and ask that you continue to do so in the coming months. We are so thankful to have met this doctor conducting the study. We are also incredibly thankful to live in a city that has such wonderful access to specialized healthcare. </div>
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I've really enjoyed this pregnancy, so far, just as I did with Max. I cherish feeling those kicks everyday and can't wait to meet our little guy in January. We think we've decided on a name, but I'm just waiting a little longer to confirm it just to make sure it feels right. We've had a really hard time coming up with this baby's name. Max is also super excited about the baby. He asks about him all the time and we are very excited for him to have a little brother. I can only imagine a few years from now when they are best buddies and that melts my heart!</div>
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Muesch Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15044377637296768017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969591685192094179.post-19853188748461393742014-09-15T15:55:00.001-05:002014-09-15T15:58:26.029-05:00Come Walk with Max at the 2014 AHA Heart Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Today, we continue to monitor Max through a machine at home every month and take him to his cardiologist at Vandy every year. He is a perfectly normal, healthy 3-year-old today, but he will continue to have surgeries to replace the battery and upgrade the pacemaker over time. Max had surgery to replace his first pacemaker as well as the lead a month ago, and is now doing well. We are so thankful for the technology that's in place today that allows a 7-day-old baby to even have a pacemaker and then to be able to monitor that pacemaker at home. 35 years ago this would not have been possible, and our little guy might not have survived. Amy and I are both passionate about heart research as we are directly benefiting from the results of the research to date.</span></div>
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Muesch Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15044377637296768017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969591685192094179.post-10055465710570034432014-08-28T20:22:00.000-05:002014-08-28T20:22:52.242-05:00Recovering at Home - A Week of Recovery<div style="text-align: center;">
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When we got home, Max asked to go straight to Mommy and Daddy's bed to watch a movie. I enjoyed some snuggle time with my boy.<br />
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Lilly and Meg came over and brought us dinner and it was delicious! Walker and Allison also came by for a quick visit and brought some goodies for Max and lots of food for us to eat over the next few days. He really enjoyed seeing his friends and we were so thankful to not have to cook meals. We have awesome friends!<br />
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First night at home in his bed since surgery. He was really scared to sleep in his bed and tried to talk us into letting him sleep in his bed. After a lot of talking about it, he agreed to sleep in his bed. It was kind of a rough first night at home and he required a lot of pain medicine, but we are so thankful to be home.<br />
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Friday - First day at home<br />
Watching a movie with Dede<br />
It was a lazy day and we all tried to get caught up on sleep and we watched a lot of movies. Tripp, Jack, Crew, and Jess came by for a quick visit. Max loved seeing the boys and we really appreciate everyone coming over.<br />
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Our first outing since surgery. Max wanted blue ice cream. They didn't have any, so we got cake batter ice cream and added M&M's and sprinkles to it. He was happy with that.<br />
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Friday night was a really rough night. He woke up every 30 minutes to an hour crying from 8pm-1am. Max's incisional pain was seeming to get a lot better, but he was still requiring the maximum amount of pain medication possible. He seems to be having a whole lot of trouble getting comfortable in bed and on his pillow. I knew this would be a problem because he is normally strictly a stomach sleeper. Because of his incision, this is not possible, so he is having to sleep flat on his back. We just weren't anticipating that sleeping would be this big of an issue.<br />
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Saturday<br />
Mimi came by a few times this week to visit Max.<br />
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Having a rough moment...pain got away from him<br />
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Once his pain meds kicked in, he gave Lola hugs and kisses. He hadn't seen her in a week and missed her so much. It was very clear that she missed him too.<br />
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My cousin, Meghan, and her husband, Jeremy, sent the cutest and most thoughtful package to Max. It was filled with superhero books, toys, stickers, pajamas, etc. Max loves the Iron Man toy and immediately began playing with him. Jeremy picked it out for him especially because Iron Man has a pacemaker too and he thought Max might like that. He was right!<br />
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Meghan also made Max a Cardio Max Superhero cape and mask. They included a gift card for the Build a Bear store so Max could pick out his own bear. Then she included a matching cape for the bear. What an incredibly thoughtful gift! Max is going to wear his cape to the AHA Heart Walk in October too. I'm so excited for him to show it off!<br />
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We now have a superhero in our house!<br />
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Max asked if he could check Iron Man's pacemaker. I said yes, so he went and got his machine we check Max's pacemaker with. He knew exactly what to do without help and he told us Iron Man is now very healthy!<br />
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Snuggling with Daddy, Lola, and Iron Man<br />
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Saturday night was a rough one as well. I basically had to sleep in the bed with him because he cried off and on from 9pm-3am. I felt so terrible that I didn't know what to do to help him feel better. Instead of his pain getting better, it seemed to be getting worse and he was having more and more trouble sleeping at night. He started to verbalize that his chest wasn't hurting, but his neck and back were hurting. With little sleep for both of us, we got through the night.<br />
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Sunday<br />
Max has hardly been eating anything, so Daddy made him a big breakfast with all his favorites to try to get him to pig out.<br />
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Play doh and puzzles<br />
Feeling like playing this morning<br />
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Dede loves playing with Max.<br />
We are so thankful she was able to come spend several days with us. She wanted to spend time with Max and help Tyler and me. We loved having her here and she was so helpful!<br />
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Carmen came to visit Max and brought him the Jungle Book movie and a remote control helicopter. Max loves Carmen and he always wants to go to the hair salon to visit her every time he is in Hendersonville.<br />
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He was due for a haircut, so Carmen cut it while she was here.<br />
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Then we all shared a delicious meal together that Mimi and Carmen prepared.<br />
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Monday<br />
Dede and Pop want to sell their house and move to Franklin, so Daddy and Max helped her find houses online. We drove around looking at neighborhoods twice while Dede was here. It was really nice to get out of the house. Monday night was, again, kind of rough, so I decided I would take Max to the chiropractor Tuesday morning.<br />
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Tuesday - 1 week after surgery<br />
Ms. Betty, Max's Sunday school teacher, dropped by for a visit and brought him a Jake and the Neverland Pirates toy. That was so sweet! Ms. Betty was his teacher last year and will be again this year.<br />
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Dede went home today too. We are so thankful she was able to stay with us the past several days.<br />
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As it turns out, I am really glad I took him to see our chiropractor, Ben. Ben said his spine was subluxated in a similar pattern as someone that received whiplash from a car wreck. We think he was so stressed from the whole surgery experience that it caused his neck and spine to get out of alignment. That makes perfect sense because he wasn't complaining of incisional pain at all; it was just his neck and back that were bothering him. After his adjustment, he slept a full 12 hours straight with no pain medication that night! We were so excited but I also felt so guilty for not taking him in sooner. We will go for a few more adjustments before the problem is corrected, but I can already tell he feels remarkably better.<br />
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Feeling good today...making Mommy some coffee<br />
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Good morning!!! Last night was much better than the first night and Max and I both got a few stretches of sleep. Daddy went home for the night so he could get a good night's rest too. In the morning, Lara came by for another quick visit and it was good to see her although Max was still mad at her. The last time he saw her he went into surgery. We all had a little laugh about it.</div>
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Snuggling with my buddy. During the night I spent a lot of time snuggling with him in his bed. He asked me to and I loved every minute of it.</div>
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Then, Nancy, the pacemaker nurse, came by to test Max's new gear and show us how to test it from home. </div>
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Time to get up and move a little, but only after a good morning kiss.</div>
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Feeling a little like "Super Max" this morning</div>
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We sure have been through a lot this week, but we made it and now we can go home. Thank you to everyone that prayed for us, sent us encouraging notes, and sent gifts to Max. We are blessed beyond words and can't thank you enough!</div>
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I think Max was very excited to be going home although it took LOTS of persuasion. He finally got comfortable at the hospital and trusted the staff after 2 days. When we told him it was time to go home he cried and cried and said he wanted to stay. I think that was because he finally got a handle on the routine at the hospital and going home was going to be a whole new ballgame.</div>
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Look hard...this is the only picture you will probably ever see of Max sleeping in the car. He fell asleep on the way home and we couldn't believe it. He has never been a car sleeper.</div>
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Once we got home he was very happy. All he wanted to do was watch movies in Mommy and Daddy's bed. </div>
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He tried to talk us into letting him sleep in our bed, but after a lot of discussion we convinced him he would sleep better in his own bed. </div>
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So, the first night was a really rough one. We had a hard time getting Max's pain under control until about 1am. Mimi and Pal stayed until bedtime and then Max, Tyler and I all got ready for our sleepover. The problem was that Max and I couldn't sleep. Tyler slept on the pull out couch, but I couldn't get comfortable and my mind was racing. Max didn't recover well from the anesthesia and because his pain control was still not adequate, he didn't sleep at all. He would close his eyes and about every 20 minutes he would cry out looking for Tyler and me. Then when the nurses came in to give meds or take vital signs, he got really scared and would cry. It turned out to be easier on all of us if I just sat beside him in the chair so every time he opened his eyes he would see me. That seemed to help keep him calm. </div>
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The morning after surgery</div>
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I do have to say that we had the most amazing nurse, Heather, for 2 days in a row, and Max ended up getting to the point where he trusted her. The cover on his arm just protects his IV. When the nurses came in to flush his IV or to give him medicine, they would make sure to always tell him, "No owies; I'm just going to give your arm a drink because it's thirsty." When they would take his blood pressure, they would say, "No owies; I'm just going to give your arm a hug." They always made a point to let him know that they weren't going to hurt him every time they came in. This was really helpful because he kept saying he didn't want to get another pacemaker. They would always reassure him and let him know that there would be no more surgery. That part was over and now he just gets to get better. I think this is part of the reason he wouldn't sleep either. He was told in pre-op that he would go to sleep after breathing through the mask and then when he woke up the surgery would be over. I think this is why he was scared to go to sleep that first night. He would open his eyes and say that he didn't want to get another pacemaker. </div>
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Sweet Daddy tried to get Max to eat some breakfast, but he just wasn't interested. He hardly ate anything the whole time we were in the hospital. I can't blame him. He had so much manipulation in surgery with his chest and abdomen that I'm sure everything was sore so he didn't feel like eating. </div>
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He was also terrified to move at all, so he kept wanting us to adjust him in the bed because his back was getting stiff and sore. All he wanted to do was snuggle his stuffed animals and watch movies in bed. He was definitely grumpy just wanted to be left alone to lay there. </div>
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Pal came to spend the day with him on his day off work. We knew we had to get him up and moving, so we decided to take him on a wagon ride. Max was really mad about this, but it was good for him overall. It helped show him that he could move a little and it wouldn't hurt too much. </div>
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After our stroll around the hospital, we opened the gift box that Mimi's staff gave Max. It was amazing and incredibly thoughtful! There were all kinds of snacks, toys, books, puzzles and fun things for Max to play with. Honestly, the highlight of his day was opening that box. He hadn't smiled or been happy all day until Daddy helped him open the box. The box even had a Superman shirt and a flashlight. I think the flashlight was his favorite because he liked shining it in the nurses eyes every time they came in the room. </div>
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Reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" with Daddy</div>
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Max still wasn't hungry, so Pal tried to get him to eat his favorite food, Gigi's chocolate cupcakes. We thought that would work for sure, but it didn't. The little guy just wasn't hungry. </div>
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Time to take a rest with the bear he affectionately named Bozo Bear. Thank you to our friends, Paul and Beth Frankenburg, who let Max borrow this special bear for his heart surgery. The bear was given to Paul by his parents when Paul had his first heart surgery in the 1970's. Since then, they let people borrow the bear when they have heart surgery to help them be brave and feel comforted. Max absolutely loved this bear and loved the idea that Bozo bear has a pacemaker too. Poor Uncle Eric came to visit, but Max was so tired that he slept the whole time he was there. He was due for a good nap though! Later that afternoon Aunt Chelsea came by for a visit too. She brought him the most thoughtful gift - a doctor costume so he could pretend he is a doctor. Of course he wasn't crazy about it when she gave it to him because he was still mad at the doctors for giving him a new pacemaker. He told her, "I don't want that!" We all just laughed, but of course now he thinks it's so cool. </div>
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The day we've been waiting for... on August 19, 2014, Max got his new pacemaker. We got to the surgery waiting room at 10:30 and our good friend, Lara, was waiting to greet us. Lara works on the pediatric surgery floor and was the charge nurse for the day. We couldn't have been more thankful for her because she took such good care of us. She took us back to the pre-op area and helped us get ready for surgery. The sitting and waiting was really hard on all of us, but Lara made us feel so comfortable. They took vital signs, changed his clothes, introduced us to the nurses and anesthesiologists that would be taking care of him, and also let Max talk to the Child Life Specialist again. </div>
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Sporting his "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" jammies that he got special for today</div>
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Lara taking his vital signs</div>
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The staff was all so wonderful and it was so special that Lara was a part of our special day.</div>
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The Child Life Specialist visited Max again and went over exactly what would happen today. He even got to pick out the flavor chapstick that he would smell in his mask when he went to sleep. Of course, he kept repeating that he didn't want a pacemaker and that he also didn't want to go night night. That part was really hard for all three of us, but thank goodness the markers saved the day! When Max got really anxious the Child Life Specialist brought him markers so he could color all over his bed. He thought that was the coolest thing he had ever seen and so did we!</div>
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That kept him busy and relaxed for a while.</div>
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Then he started getting really anxious again so we decided to pre-medicate him with Versed. This is a picture of before the Versed while watching Mickey Mouse on the IPAD....</div>
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...and here is about 10 minutes after the Versed was given. He became very relaxed and calm.</div>
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Surgery took about 2 hours and couldn't have gone any better. Mom, Dad, Eric, Chelsea, Tressa Kate, and Nana waited with us in the waiting room. It was really nice to have family there to help support us. When it was over, Dr. Mettler, the surgeon, came to talk to us and said that everything went better than expected. It was nice to have that part over with.</div>
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We asked to keep his old pacemaker so we could show Max what it looks like, so Dr. Mettler graciously gave it to us. </div>
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Here is what it looks like. As Tyler said, "Thank you pacemaker for doing your job for the past 3 years!"</div>
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Then we were called back to recovery and the fun began. Max had a really hard time waking up from anesthesia and was terribly uncomfortable. He stayed in recovery where we held him for about 2 hours before he was moved to his room on the cardiac unit.<br />
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His incision is significantly longer than his initial one because the new generator is larger. </div>
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Dr. Donahue was the anesthesiologist that took care of Max. After talking briefly, we found out that he knows Tyler's whole family that lives in Hartford, WI. What a small world!</div>
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Uncle Eric, Aunt Chelsea, and Tressa Kate came to support us and visit Max. They brought Max a dress up costume so he could play doctor. What a thoughtful gift!</div>
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Mimi and Pal stayed for a long time, as well, and brought us all kinds of goodies for us. Before surgery, Max asked for not one, but two, chocolate cupcakes. Pal was so sweet to go them from Max's favorite cupcake store so he could eat them when he felt like it. </div>
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Dr. Mettler, the cardiac surgeon, came to visit Max the evening of surgery. It is beyond words how thankful we are for this man as well as his colleague, Dr. Radbill, who is Max's electrophysiologist. It's overwhelming for us to think about how these men impact families lives everyday in a way that is literally lifesaving. I wonder if they will ever know how much these families appreciate them?</div>
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Once we found out we were having surgery, I decided I wanted to throw Max a pacemaker party to celebrate getting a new pacemaker. Surgery is such a scary thing, especially for a 3-year-old, so I wanted to try to make this as positive of an experience as possible. I wanted us to celebrate the fact that he gets to get a new pacemaker to help keep his heart healthy. Max's favorite thing in the world is cake, and what's cake without a party to go with it?! So, we threw together a party at Mimi and Pal's house with immediate family and it was a lot of fun.</div>
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Dede came in town the night before the party so she could help us celebrate</div>
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He loved blowing out the candles on his cake until we discovered that Mimi accidentally put "trick candles" on there. Every time he would blow them out they would light back up again. Poor buddy had a terrible time trying to blow them out just so he could eat his cake! Silly Mimi!</div>
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Tressa Kate, Uncle Eric, and Aunt Chelsea got Max a "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" doll to take to the hospital with him. Jake and the Neverland Pirates is his new favorite cartoon, so he was really excited about it. They also let him borrow TK's portable DVD player so he can watch movies at the hospital. Nana also came and hot him a really cool Veggie Tales toy car and a Veggie Tales movie. </div>
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On the day before surgery, Tripp and Jess came over to wish us luck and to give Max a Superman t-shirt. That was so sweet and he loved playing with Tripp!</div>
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Walker came over too and gave Max some new books and an awesome "Super Max" superhero cape and mask. Max is so blessed to have such good buddies!</div>
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This was our 3rd year participating in the AHA Faces of Heart Fest at the Zoo. We always really enjoy this event as it honors survivors and families of heart disease and stroke and also helps encourage people to participate in the upcoming Heart Walk. Tyler was asked to speak at the event this year and do the introduction. He did an amazing job and I was so proud of him. After talking a little about why the Heart Walk is so important and what the event means to our family, he welcomed and introduced Beth Frankenburg. She and her husband are chairmen for the Heart Walk this year. We met them 3 years ago, right after the Heart Walk and they are very special to our family.</div>
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Having fun with Daddy looking at the animals</div>
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The elephants were his favorite</div>
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I thought it was really cool walking through the kangaroo exhibit. We didn't get to pet any of them, but you could get really close to them.</div>
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Max got a tiger painted on his arm and he thought that was so cool!</div>
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"Look at my tiger, Mommy!"</div>
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A group photo of several of the survivors at the event</div>
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Singing one of his favorite songs on the radio right now while we drove home. It was a really fun, family day.</div>
Muesch Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15044377637296768017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969591685192094179.post-14229587448155848322014-08-20T02:58:00.001-05:002014-08-20T02:58:07.336-05:00Pre-op: Getting Ready for the Big Surgery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A week before surgery we had a pre-op visit at Vandy. In order to get ready for surgery, the staff needed to check his pacemaker, draw some blood, do an EKG, x-ray, and get an echocardiogram. We also spoke with Dr. Mettler, Max's cardiac surgeon as well as Dr. Radbill, his electrophysiologist. Both of these doctors did his first surgery 3 years ago, so we were thrilled for them to be able to do it again. We also spoke with the Child Life Specialist who helped Max better understand what would happen on the day of surgery. It was a big day, but it was what we needed in order to get ready for surgery. Now we are ready to get this thing done!</div>
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The pacemaker nurse was adjusting his pacemaker a little more. He knows the drill and can hold the magnet in place all by himself now.</div>
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A proud little independent boy!</div>
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He was so good during his echocardiogram that they were able to get some great pictures of his heart that they needed before surgery.</div>
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Getting a chest x-ray. He didn't think this was too much fun.</div>
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Then, we met the Child Life Specialist. She was great and helped Max understand what would happen on the day of surgery. She let him play with all her toy medical equipment and explained how the staff would use it on him for surgery. He thought this was fun and it was very helpful.</div>
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Dr. Radbill listened to his heart and prepped us for exactly what he would do during surgery.</div>
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After today we felt very prepared for surgery and ready to get on with it.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago we did our monthly pacemaker check from home. I had a feeling that something might be not quite right and I even think I made a comment to Tyler about it. Anyway, they called us a few days later and said that the lead (wire) was not "sensing" adequately and that they needed to adjust some settings to see if that would help. Because the lead was not sensing, the pacemaker was skipping beats. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, we went the next day for adjustments but because of many different factors, there weren't too many adjustments they feel like they could make. They sent us home with a Holter monitor so they could monitor his heart over a 24 hour period to see how his pacemaker was functioning. Well, he skipped 700 beats over that 24 hour period. Because of this, the doctor called and said he feels like that the pacemaker is no longer functioning adequately and we need to do surgery sooner rather than later. This wasn't a huge surprise to us b/c we already knew the lead was failing and would have to be replaced within the next 6 months or so. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, we talked to the cardiac surgeon and waited for a surgery date. In the meantime, Max went in again for additional adjustments that would help get him safely to the surgery date. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally heard from the scheduler today and his surgery will be on Tuesday, August 19th. He will have both the same doctors that did his first surgery, so that's nice. He will then go to the cardiac unit and stay for most likely 1-3 days. Tyler and I are planning on staying with him 24/7 until he is discharged home. That's all the details we have for now. I don't know much about the unit he will be on, but I'm hoping to learn more in the next week so we will know what to expect. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needless to say I'm not looking forward to this surgery and I've had quite a bit of anxiety about it. I've talked to Max's electrophysiologist about 7 or 8 times in the last 4 days though and every time I talk to him I feel better. I think the worst part is the "unknown" factor. I'm also nervous that he is now 3 years old and very aware of what's going on. It's going to be a totally different experience than it was when he was 7 days old. He isn't scared of going to the doctor and I don't want that to change either. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please pray for us for all the concerns I mentioned and also for a safe, successful surgery and recovery. I will let you know more details as we learn them. Also, feel free to share this information with whoever you want. The more people we have praying for us the better!</span></div>
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Getting his Holter monitor hooked up so we can monitor his heart constantly for a 24 hour period. This gives the doctor much more information than a quick 90 second test that we do once a month.<br />
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Getting his stickers on so his pacemaker can be adjusted.<br />
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This little guy knows the drill. He held the magnet in place all by himself while the nurse adjusted his pacemaker settings.<br />
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Having an echocardiogram to see if his heart murmur is still there. Thank goodness it wasn't because that makes his surgery much simpler. </div>
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Tyler's 31st birthday was August 3rd and Max loved helping him celebrate. </div>
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Mom and Dad kept Max the night before so Tyler and I could go on a date. We went to one of our favorite restaurants, Sopapilla's, in Franklin. </div>
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Tyler bought himself a set of new irons for his birthday and is also going to the PGA championship in Louisville this weekend, so we decided his gift from Max and me could be a homemade one.<br />
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Max is starting to love superheros, so I thought it would be cute to include this as a part of Tyler's gift. We bought all his favorite snacks and made him a "superhero kit." Each snack helped give him a certain super power. Of course we delivered it to Tyler with Max wearing his Superman cape. </div>
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Later that afternoon we went to Old Natchez to play a few holes and eat dinner. The Fua's joined us and we had a nice evening. </div>
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The birthday boy and his best buddy</div>
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Max and I love snuggling in the bed together and watching a movie. A nice relaxing end to a fun day.</div>
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I wanted Max to learn how to swim this summer, and Tyler and I had no idea how to teach him to do it. I also thought he would do better with someone else teaching him instead of his own parents. One day while we were swimming at the pool in our neighborhood, we met Ms. Nancy. She is a swim instructor that teaches at the pool in our neighborhood and has been an instructor for over 30 years! We watched her give private lessons to two different kids and I loved how gentle, yet firm she was with the children. Max took 10 lessons with her and I can't believe all he learned in that short amount of time. Each private lesson lasted 30 minutes. The first 4 were torturous for him and he cried and refused to obey her the whole 30 minutes. I just had to sit there and watch while other parents came up to me and assured me that it would get better. Ms. Nancy also said that this behavior is completely normal, and actually was very healthy, but that almost always, on the 5th lesson kids stop being afraid and make good progress. I completely trusted her, and it was so true for Max! On the 5th lesson, he willingly walked in the water to meet her, started holding his breath and going under water and swimming to the steps, learning to back float and also how to do his "rescue swim" across the pool. It was literally like a switch had been flipped. He was so proud of himself and I was amazed at all he learned in 30 short minutes! So, for all his hard work he was rewarded with what else than a cupcake with lots of icing! </div>
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During the next 5 lessons he learned very valuable swim techniques including how to swim under water, float on his back and how to swim to the edge of the pool and climb up the wall and out of the water. He also learned how to do a "rescue swim" by floating on his back and kicking to the side of the pool, and he learned what to do if he falls off a step in the pool and how to swim under water back to the step. I loved watching each of these lessons and watching all the progress he made each time. Tyler joined us for a lesson as well and was so proud of his little guy. </div>
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This is how they would start every lesson, and I think they both loved it equally well. He loved to snuggle on Ms. Nancy's shoulder, relax his body, and kick his way across the pool. This helped him relax when starting every lesson, taught him how to kick, and also helped establish trust with her. </div>
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Just starting to learn how to back float.</div>
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Look at that boy float!</div>
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Practicing going under water and swimming to the steps.</div>
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Doing his "rescue swim" across the pool</div>
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Mastering his back float</div>
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Time to snuggle after practicing lots of swimming under water.</div>
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Ms. Nancy requested a photo at his last lesson. I think Max was sad that he would no longer be seeing her, so he refused to smile. Little stinker!</div>
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After his last lesson, Max said thank you for all Ms. Nancy taught him.</div>
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Afterward, she presented him with an engraved medal for "graduating" from swim lessons. It has his name engraved on it and it says, "Great swimming, Max Muesch. Love, Ms. Nancy." </div>
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I thought that was so sweet to do that for her "graduates!" He loved his medal and he wears it proudly around the house.</div>
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I was a little nervous that he wouldn't want to practice his new skills with Tyler and me, but I took him to the pool today and he had a blast showing me what he could do! I couldn't believe it but I was so incredibly proud of him. I had to make him take breaks because he kept wanting to go swim under water repeatedly. We took a float and toys to the pool with us, but we never even used them because I now have a little fish that would rather swim than play. Who would have thought! What a blessing Ms. Nancy has been for us!</div>
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