Andy and Rhett Update.......

And, if you're really good at the end there is a really "COOL" Rhett video at the end.

First of all, here are Andy's blackmail pictures.....

This is his "I can't believe I am actually going through with this look...."


This is him telling me that this is what he is going to look like after surgery when they come and ask me to identify the body......Can we say Drama Queen?


And here we have him with his "panties" on his head. When he came out of anesthesia he thought he had panties on his head and was asking everyone to take them off, as well as ripping the oxygen off of his face....like father like son. Rhett won't keep his oxygen on either. Boys.


Now for a serious update on how he is doing. He is ornery as can be, and bored out of his gourd. He feels much better than before he had his surgery, but is weak. He wants to be up and doing things, but knows that he needs to take it easy. He hasn't taken ANY pain meds since last night around 5 pm. This from the man who was popping tramadol and loratab like it was candy for 9 months.

I keep telling him that he has a zipper just like Rhett now, only his is on his back and Rhett's is on his chest. Seriously, if anyone wants to send their husbands over to play, go for it. He is going to drive me crazy from now until the first of April.

Now Rhett's update.......

We talked with the surgeon who did his hernia surgery, and here is our game plan. On the 13th we go up to Primary Children's to the ENT Clinic to chat with the doc about the Cine MRI results as well as possibly taking the tonsils and adenoids out. Then the next day on the 14th, (yes Valentines Day) we get to drive up again and check in to inpatient admitting, get all cozy in a room, and then have a 24 hour PH probe. They will stick a tube down his nose and it will measure the acid that comes up. We have stopped his reflux meds, and I am telling you this is going to get ugly. I am in for no sleep for the next week.

Then on the 3rd of March we check in yet again, this time for an Upper GI, then off to visit with the surgeons, for the possible Nissen and G-tube. Sounds fun huh?!? That being said, you all are probably going to think I am crazy for asking this, but please pray that we find that the reflux is the underlying problem for all of this stuff. I don't want them to look at me again, and say, "I have no idea why your son's pulmonary pressure's are so high." It scares me to death when there is no cause that they can find. Reflux is treatable, and darn it, I want some answers!!!

So after all of this happens, then we will do a heart cath to see what meds he responds to best for his Pulmonary Hypertension. What a great February and March, no?

Anyways, enough of the dumb boring stuff, Rhett learned a new word tonight!!! Andy is always saying, "that's cool" about everything, and Rhett picked up on it while eating dinner. I handed him a green bean and he said, "COOL!!"

So here is a video of him, as well as showing of some other words and signs. Oh, and his adorable big sister joined in as well!!!

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