Kenzie's Updates: August 2012

Hi friends and family! We haven't posted in a long time, but in this case, no news is good news! Kenzie has been doing AWESOME and is growing and changing more and more every day! Since our last post she has had a lot of "firsts." First trip up north to visit Grammy and Pops, first trip down south to visit family in Germantown, first trip to the zoo, first time being babysat by Auntie Shell so we could go out on a date, and so on and so forth. She is truly such an immense joy to us! She now weighs almost 11 pounds and is grabbing toys, talking up a storm, and smiling...always smiling!

Recently we got a call scheduling Kenzie's pre-surgery CT scan and Echocardiogram. We can't believe she is nearing the 6 month mark. It's just amazing how time has flown! It is definitely very scary to think about the fact that she has to have another open heart surgery here soon. We just have to keep trusting that God is in complete control and continue praying for total protection. She has her CT scan and Echo scheduled for the end of August, in which they will sedate her and take images for further review. She'll then be "presented" at something called conference, and they'll decide exactly when to do her procedure. This upcoming surgery is called the "Bidirectional Glenn," and thankfully is more common than her first procedure. It is still a MAJOR surgery, but she is obviously in a much better spot for surgery this time around. During this procedure, they'll disconnect her shunt and connect her superior vena cava directly to her pulmonary arteries.

We'll update with more info after the results of her scans return, but for now, here's a few pics of our precious doll baby. Oh and the first pic is super special because of the outfit she's wearing! ;) Here's why: http://prayerforkenzie.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-25-2012-post-from-tiff.html