tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58479246151019881082024-01-18T14:28:35.450-07:00Miracle Masonmir-a-cle: noun; 1. an event that appears to be contrary to the laws of nature and is regarded as an act of God; 2. something admired as a marvelous creationSummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545773514266397212noreply@blogger.comBlogger410125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847924615101988108.post-20901732147611042342016-06-21T18:05:00.002-06:002016-10-24T12:19:02.059-06:00Back Surgery or Not?<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Just wanted to update where we are with Mason's back surgery and his low platelet issue (or ITP) .... </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Mason was supposed to have new rods put in his back for his scoliosis in March, but his surgery got canceled at the last minute because his platelets were too low. A week after that we went to see a doctor in Hematology and found out that he has a condition called <i><a href="http://www.itpfoundation.org/itpdefined.htm" target="_blank">immune thrombocytopenia</a> </i>or ITP. At that time we started treating it right away with high doses of steroids.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mason had been scheduled for yesterday, June 20th, to finally get his back surgery. We had scheduled it about 2 months ago when the blast of high steroid doses (40 mg a day vs his normal 1.5 mg a day) seemed to be doing the trick to get rid of the antibodies that were causing the ITP. The key was to try and decrease the steroids and still keep his platelets up. At first the steroids increased the platelets a lot, but then as we started to go down on the steroids his platelets would drop too! So the key was to find a balance of decreasing the steroids slow enough to still keep his platelets up. We finally thought we had found that happy balance of how slowly we could decrease his steroids and still keep killing off the naughty antibodies. The goal was to get him down closer to his normal low maintenance dose of steroids for the back surgery. The higher the dose of steroids the higher the risk of infection at the time of surgery. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then he got a nasty cough in mid May (probably due to the extra immune-suppression from the wonderful but awful steroids!) with some possible pneumonia junk in his left lung.... So we thought we would have to post pone surgery because of that, but after two rounds of antibiotics his cough and lungs were much better! So all of his docs ( hematology , cardiac transplant, and orthopedics ) decided we should go forward with June 20 for back surgery because his platelets had remained around or even above 100 (100 is the number of platelets our orthopedic team feels comfortable with him having at time of surgery, even though normal is 150-400) for a few weeks in a row (and he was finally closer to his normal lower dose of steroids.... so right on track with our goal in mind ). We even took a quick trip to Lake Powell on June 8th, because his platelets on the 7th were 128!!! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now for the curve ball.... Last Tuesday I started to notice he had new bruises everywhere and then Wednesday when he woke up covered in more bruises and a bloody nose I called his hemoc and transplant docs and had his platelets checked.... His platelets had dropped to a rather dangerously low number of 14 ( the lowest he'd ever been) ..... So probably needless to say, his back surgery was officially canceled!! For some reason I'm now thinking he's just not supposed to get this surgery, at least for awhile!! One of his transplant nurses when she called me with his platelet count said to me, "14 is very low, so please just keep a close eye on him and make sure everyone is super careful with him. If he got hurt it would be really difficult to stop the bleeding!" My reply was, "should I just wrap him up in bubble wrap??!!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We immediately bumped his steroids back up (this time up to 20 mg a day .... but we had gotten down to 4mg a day). And then yesterday we spent all day at Primarys. We met with Hematology and decided that the high steroid doses were only going to be a temporary fix for Mason's ITP condition and it's not healthy to stay on them for too long. So they started him on a new infusion med , Rituximab (a type of chemo med which will wipe out his immune system, but it will not make his hair fall out) to try and fight this platelet issue more aggressively (it will be once a week for 4-6 weeks but the extra immune-suppression can last 6-12 months)! Please Remember miracle Mason in your prayers that this will do the trick ! </span><br />
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Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545773514266397212noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847924615101988108.post-72202114090830291972016-03-31T11:12:00.000-06:002016-11-05T21:49:04.171-06:00For the Love of February Birthdays, Baseball tournaments and More... (February and March)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On February 8 Braiden turned 13! <span style="text-align: center;">It seems like just yesterday he was my little 3 year old rascal! </span><span style="text-align: center;">My kiddos are growing up too fast! </span><span style="text-align: center;">Anyone know how to freeze time?! Seriously!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They came over on Braiden's birthday to help us celebrate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Continuing to celebrate a day later with a little family birthday dinner at Tepanyaki!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We love you!! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Hope you had a great birthday,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I posted this on Instagram and Facebook on February 26:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for such a special invite!! #lphsbasketball #miraclemason"</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To finish out our busy month, Ammon turned 11 on February 27! Talk about growing up too fast.... Ammon has grown about a foot this year! He soon will pass me up! And, his sweet smile continues to be as contagious as ever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He is dearly loved </i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by ALL who </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>meet him! I love you Ammon and </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">feel </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and since then this has been his favorite thing to do in pictures!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (and his wishes), but he sure keeps us all on our toes at all times! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<i>Patiently waiting with a smile on his face to go
into the OR for back surgery. (He is having new rods put in his back for his
scoliosis.) Mason, "you are braver than you believe, stronger than you
seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you'll ever know." ❤ Please
remember him in your prayers that surgery goes well and his recovery is quick! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bravestboyiknow/"><span style="color: #114375; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#bravestboyiknow</span></a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/miraclemason/"><span style="color: #114375; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#miraclemason</span></a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/hearttransplantsurvivor/"><span style="color: #114375; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#hearttransplantsurvivor</span></a>
<span style="color: #114375; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/donateforlife/">#donateforlife</a>"</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Back home playing basketball already!?!? Thank you
everyone for all the prayers and sweet thoughts!! We ended up having to cancel
his back surgery just minutes before they took him back to the OR. Mason's
platelet count is too low for surgery. This could cause problems with
controlling the bleeding during and after surgery. We aren't exactly sure why. This
could possibly be caused by his immunosuppression heart transplant meds. He's
never had this problem before though!! We are trying to get in ASAP with
hematology for a consult to hopefully find a cause and treatment. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/neveradullmoment/"><span style="color: #114375; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#neveradullmoment</span></a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/miraclemason/"><span style="color: #114375; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#miraclemason</span></a>
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<span style="color: #114375; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/donateforlife/">#donateforlife</a>"</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">❤</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank goodness for a great anesthesiologist who had 'done his homework' prior to the surgery and noticed that Mason's platelets had dropped significantly from end of January to end of February. So he wanted to draw a cross a match to have blood on hand in case the doctors had trouble controlling the bleeding during surgery and he needed a transfusion, but he also decided to draw a CBC to check his platelet count (because the last time we checked was 2 weeks prior). Mason's count came back even lower than his last blood draw, which was too low to safely do surgery. I'm so grateful he checked because Mason could have dangerously bled out during and after surgery!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The transplant team had told me the day of his biopsy (February 29) that his platelets were lower than his normal and that we should just keep an eye on his levels and to let them know if he started having nose bleeds and/or bruising easily. They also rechecked a CBC a week later just to make sure the results on February 29 had not been inaccurate(and the results were about the same a week later). But I had no idea how drastically they had actually dropped! I do wish I had been a little better informed! Although, I also could have asked for exact numbers when they told me about it in February, but I didn't!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*January 30, 2016: 350 (thousand) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">which is about his normal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*February 29, 2016: 62 (thousand)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*February 7, 2016: 64 (thousand)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*March 21, 2016: 32 (thousand) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Surgery is not safe under 50 (thousand). Spontaneous bleeding can happen at 10 (thousand or below), but 30 (thousand) or below is not safe for sports or any where he could fall down and get hurt! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We waited for for several hours after his scheduled surgery time to try and get into a hematologist (blood specialist) for a consult, but they were too busy!! I wasn't very happy!! I was told his surgery was 'elective', therefore it wasn't an emergent case they needed to fit in!! And, it actually took us a whole week to get into them... needless to say I felt like I was the only one worried about the drastic drop in his platelets!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;"> We spent all day (basically from 9am-5pm) this last Monday at Primary's with </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr Afifi (she is the doctor who saw Mason a few years ago when he had the parvovirus that was destroying his red blood cells) and her hematology team. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Mason's platelets had dropped down to 20 from 34 in a week! Yikes! So they
gave him a platelet transfusion. Not only did he need a transfusion having
dropped that low, but it was also to try and determine what is destroying his platelets, the likely possibilities she said were that it could be
antibodies destroying his platelets or possibly 1 or 2 of his immunosuppression
meds destroying them. (This was important because the way to treat which one it is, is different)
The plan was to check a platelet blood count 15 min after the transfusion
on Monday and again the next morning. (but the blood sample right after was ruined by the lab, so we didn't get the results!) If they dropped again super quickly
(almost immediately) then we would know that it is most likely antibodies that are
doing it. If
the platelets did not drop quickly, then it could be one of his
medications slowly <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">destroying the platelets. </span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></o:p><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The docs believe he has ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
) which basically is when you have an extremely low platelet count because as
soon as the bone marrow makes the platelets they are getting destroyed by
certain antibodies. How he got this we aren't sure. Possibly as a side
affect from a virus he may have had in the last couple of months. (And ITP is
not contagious, so no worries there!! We won't be spreading this condition
around!! ) The way to treat this is with very high doses of steroids</span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">😩</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">.... Which
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The hope is that the steroids will get rid of these naughty antibodies! (I love and hate steroids all at the same time!!) He is taking 24x his normal maintenance dose of steroids (for heart rejection)! This will suppress
his immune system significatly more than his normal suppression 😫.... So please keep your distance from Mason (and our family) if you are sick at all! Also if this condition doesn't improve quickly, he will not be able to play baseball this season. It starts mid April, and we has scheduled back surgery when we did so he'd have a month to recover before baseball started!! It's the one team sport our little heart warrior can play and he loves it. I do not have the heart</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">❤</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to tell him because of this platelet issue now he may not be able to play. Please remember our Miracle Mason in your prayers that the steroids will fix this most recent speed bump, and quickly!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(I've been working on a post for Febrauary... we had 2 birthdays, a baseball tournament in vegas for Braiden, and more! Hopefully I'll finish it soon!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks for checking in on Miracle Mason and our family</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">❤</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">January 2, 2016 was the best day ever! Mason reached a </span>wonderful milestone, one that we honestly thought was a pretty far off dream his first several years of life... He was baptized! To have thought he <span style="text-align: left;">would've made it to his 8th birthday and old enough to be baptized, for so long seemed very unrealistic! We are forever grateful for all his doctors, nurses, and of course his donor family for making this special day a reality! Such a special day and a great way to start of the new year!</span></span><br />
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Oh how he loves KK!!</div>
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A sweet family in our neighborhood invited Ammon and Mason to visit their little farm one day that there was no school. They had fun! Mason is a little unsure around animals, but Ammon absolutely loves them! Ammon wants his own farm someday he says!</div>
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Turning 8 meant Mason got to start going to cub scouts with his neighborhood and church friends. He really enjoys going and being a part of it, just like he's seen his big brothers do! </div>
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Which meant he also got to pin an award on Mom!</div>
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Kaitlin, as always, looked stunning for her Preference formal in January!</div>
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Mark took Mason on a special date to a BYU basketball game. <span style="text-align: center;">He absolutely loved it and talked about it for days! </span><span style="text-align: center;">Mason is definitely a big sports fan. It's so cute to watch how into he gets as he </span>cheers for all the players!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why did Mason get a CT? Once a year it is routine to get a good look at a heart transplant recipient's coronary arteries, because coronary artery disease is the most common cause of a failed heart transplant. Normally this can be done during a heart cath, going through the femoral arteries (on pediatric patents) and injecting contrast die with the catheter into the arteries so X-ray pictures can be taken. But, (those of you who have followed Mason's journey for a long time already know this) a year post transplant it was discovered that both of Mason's femoral arteries are completely occluded! Since then he's been been getting cardiac stress MRI's annually to look at his coronary arteries. This time we switched to doing a CT instead because Mason is going to get new rods in his back in 2 weeks (for his scoliosis) which will be magnetic. With those new rods an MRI will not give a clear reading, so the transplant team wanted to make sure that a CT would give us a good enough look at his coronaries from now on. The good news is.... the CT did give us good pictures and the even better news is that his coronaries are wide open and look very healthy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The results were not as good as the last one he had in August ( which was the best he'd had in 3 1/2 years!!) but it wasn't terrible either. We've had much much worse though , so we will take these results!! (For transplant families who understand the score it was C2.5 V1 ISHLT 1R pAMR 0) Some slight cellular rejection (which isn't as bad as antibody-mediated rejection.... the type he usually has struggled with). The plan for now is to optimize his immunosuppression meds Prograf and Imuran (going up on the doses a little) and stay on his maintenance dose of steroids, but nothing major. I am kind of glad the team doesn't think it necessary to do higher doses of steroids right now, but I sure hope it is the right thing to do! It is a hard balance to keep his heart happy (out of rejection), but not be so immunosuppressed that he's always sick with new infections or illnesses! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was our canoe ride that took us through a live nativity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And Mason made a new buddy from Samoa!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and they didn't know anything about his special heart!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to church and to visit the Laie temple grounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Such a beautiful place to visit on the Sunday before Christmas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you Santa for a wonderful Christmas trip to Hawaii!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was definitely a wonderful dream come true!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> And that big guy in the red suit came through for us!</span></div>
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***Mason has a routine cath/biopsy and a CT scan (to look at his coronary arteries) on Monday March 29, 2016. Please remember him in your prayers! We would love a 'good news' report! Thanks! </div>
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Mason turned 8 last month!! Here's his birthday post.....</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mason has a great imagination and loves dressing up. Usually soon after he gets home from school he will disappear and return as a new person. Some of his favorites are a swat police officer, firefighter, baseball player, or a football player. Sometimes it also depends on what is on our TV in the evenings or what his brothers are doing…. whether it be a basketball game, a hockey game, a lacrosse game, golfing, mountain biking, or skiing…. Mason will dress up appropriately! And he doesn’t miss any details either!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although Mason is still just a little guy, weighing in at 38 lbs (on a good day) and stands 44 inches tall , he has certainly come a long way since he was born at 5lbs 5oz with a very sick little heart. After completely crashing at 3 days old, 1 ambulance ride, 2 life flight trips, 3 open heart surgeries (the 3<sup>rd</sup> being his heart transplant), 35+ heart caths/biopsies, back rod placement surgery for scoliosis, 6 rod expansion surgeries, too many to count hospital stays for pneumonia and other severe infections….He has totally exceeded all medical expectations! He is our miracle boy who loves life and lives it to the fullest!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(This sweet little baby has been a fighter since the beginning!)</span></div>
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After their special guest visitor, the boys played a few games and broke open a football piñata. Then it was the long awaited opening presents and birthday cake time. What a darling bunch of kiddos we had in our home to help Mason celebrate his big day!</div>
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Mom and Dad love you Miracle Mason!</div>
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On Monday, Mason's real birthday, he got to celebrate his birthday at school with all of his classmates and friends.<br />
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Mason loves going to school and loves his teachers too!</div>
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And, I am so grateful for all they do for Mason!</div>
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Again I just want to say how very thankful we are for the family who thought to donate their child's organs at such a sad time of loss for them. I am also so thankful for the opportunity I have to be Miracle Mason's mom and to see God's hand in our lives each and everyday! </div>
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Thank you for being our reminder that miracles happen and prayers are answered! Thank you for reminding us that all the little things in life are actually the big things! I love you more than words can begin to express! Happy belated birthday!</div>
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My next post will be about our surprise early Christmas gift to our kiddos. We finally got the okay from Mason's transplant team that he is healthy enough to take on a trip further than California, so we took our family on an 8 day trip to Hawaii! We had a wonderful time and returned home late on Christmas eve! We had a very nice Christmas as we celebrated and remembered the love our Savior has for each of us. We hope your family has felt His love this Christmas season as well!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from our family to yours! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">your hearts and homes with love and joy at this time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Autumn has come and gone and the chill of winter has definitely set in! Like always we have stayed nice and busy, as the seasons have changed right before our eyes. Our fall was unusually warm (of which I certainly will not complain), but when winter showed up it came with a gusto! It has been so chilly already... and I have a feeling this could be a long cold winter! If we can just stay healthy this winter (especially Mason), then I'll be able to survive the cold (maybe).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">***(So I jinxed myself! I started this post on November 24 while Mason and I were up at Primary Children's for his monthly IVIg infusion, when Mason and the rest of our family were totally healthy. But, last Sunday several of us woke up sick with a nasty cold and Mason has missed school all week with a nasty cough! 'Tis the season, right?! )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few of the things that our October and November were filled with were; a field trip to the farm, Friday night high school football games, Kaitlin's homecoming dance, lacrosse games, mountain bike races, crazy hair day, Halloween, a primary program, the first snow... followed by the beginning of the ski season, and of course Thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got myself and several kiddos lost in the corn maze, haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During the week of homecoming the cheerleaders make posters and hang them on the Football players doors. Well, thanks to Ammon's buddy Ty and his awesome family, Ammon got a poster hung up on our door too! Thank you Macpherson family for making Ammon feel so loved and important!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Way to go 7th and 8th grade Lone Peak lacrosse!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> He took 17th out of 110 freshman!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mason was super proud of his BYU jack-o-lantern,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">because it matched his costume of course!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year Ammon dressed up as a pilot. Where he comes up with his costume ideas I have no idea. But when he thinks of it, he gets his heart set on it!(Remember last year he was 'Elf on the Shelf', which he thought up all on his own too!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mason had trouble deciding what he was going to be. He went back and forth between a firefighter, a swat policeman, a baseball player, and a football player... good thing he already has all those outfits, because he loves dressing up! As you can see the BYU football player won in the end!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once my kiddos our out of elementary school I tell them they are on their own to come up with a costume... Braiden scrummaged through old costumes and threw on the M&M, Preston went as his old stand by again -a skier! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">because two of their favorite neighbors, McKenna and Ty</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">took them trick-or treating!! Thanks you two!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In November, Mason and Ammon participated in the annual primary program at church. Kaitlin took these cute pictures with her phone and I couldn't hep but post them. It is just so wonderful when our two youngest get to do 'normal' kiddo things, because life isn't always 'normal' for them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lone Peak high school played in the state semi-finals and then the final championship game at the University of Utah, Rice Eccles stadium. It was sure chilly, but be bundled up and went to support </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">our team. We had a great time, except they ended up losing the championship game in the last 22 seconds.It was a bummer, but 2nd place in state is still a great accomplishment!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ammon loves Aunt MIchelle! We sat with with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As I pondered on Thanksgiving about all that we have to be grateful for, which is so very much, one thing especially stood out to me this year. I am exceedingly grateful for the love of our extended family. Over the last 10 years we have faced challenges and unexpected journeys with our two youngest boys and it has been the love shown to us and the prayers said on our behalf by extended family, friends and neighbors that have helped us make it through it all! There are always angels among us! This has also taught our children how to love even greater, pray more diligently, and help those around them. For this my heart is extra full of gratitude and love!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks as always for checking in on us. We send our love to all of you who have taken part in our journey! May your families be blessed this holiday season! My next post will be "Miracle Mason turned 8".... crazy huh?! Its hard to believe he's already 8!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On September 16th, the most beautiful, wonderful, kind, and fun daughter I could ever ask for turned 17! I truly can't believe my Kaitlin is 17! It seems like just yesterday she was my busy little toddler, getting into everything! I'm so proud of the amazing young woman she has become. She lights up any room she enters with her glowing smile and her vibrant personality! </span></div>
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Kaitlin and her darling friend Kenna went to see the Taylor Swift concert a week before her birthday. Her ticket was the only birthday gift she asked for. They had a great time and next time I want to go too!!!</div>
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On the morning of her birthday a few friends threw her a surprise breakfast at Kneaders.</div>
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That night we took our birthday girl out to a family dinner at Texas Roadhouse. Yummy food and great company!</div>
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We sure love our Kaitlin!</div>
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Mason's school had it's annual September Wolf Run. Even though Mason decided at the last minute he didn't want to run in it, he and I cheered all his classmates and friends on! There's always next year right?!</div>
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That same day I rushed over to Ammon's school next to run in his annual Highland Hawk Walk-a-thon with him. Ammon sure loves his classmates and his teachers!</div>
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Between July and October my kids have had 5 new cousins, 1 second cousin, and another precious little friend born. So there's been lots of loving on some cute little babies!</div>
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Our nanny Sammi (who we sadly lost to her getting married and now becoming a mom) had a beautiful little girl, Ryan Elizabeth. Ammon loves her like she is his own baby!!!</div>
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On September 24 Mason had another back rod expansion surgery. He is always such a brave strong little guy, and loves going to Primary Children's! He feels right at home while we are there and is usually quite popular. I guess since the "Hotel on the Hill" has been a second home to him for his almost 8 years of life it's only to be expected that he is pretty well known and loved by many </div>
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After the surgery he was admitted to the 3rd floor surgical unit to do his monthly IVIg infusion. And guess who was visiting the children that day?! The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus!</div>
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The next day at home was definitely a day of rest for our little buddy, but within a few days he was up and running around, ready to go back to school! He is one of the most resilient tough cookies I know!</div>
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The day after Mason's rod expansion surgery, Mark and Preston headed down to Moab for Preston's mountain bike race. Preston did very well in his race, plus he and Mark had a fun weekend biking and hiking around beautiful Moab Utah.</div>
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Well, now that October is over too, hopefully I can get another post out sooner than later! October has been a fun and busy month as well! Thanks as always for checking in on our family and our Miracle Mason! He continues to defy all odds against him! He is doing amazing and we owe that mostly too his special heart donor! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This year it felt like the summer flew by way too fast, and now we are already 6 weeks into the school year! When my kiddos were all younger I use to think summer vacation was too long.... too many long days of bored kiddos wanting to be entertained! But now that they are getting older, especially my oldest three, they were so busy with sports, summer jobs, and trips that it seemed liked they weren't home enough! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> On August 11 Mason had his long awaited biopsy. I say long awaited because 5 months is the longest we've gone in between biopsies since he's been battling his chronic mild rejection for the last 2 1/2 years! As long as his monthly clinic visits and echo's showed him in good heart health the docs didn't see a reason to do it any sooner (and as long as we were continuing his monthly IVIg infusions and frequent blood work to make sure his Prograf level was right where it needed to be, which usually is at least 2x a month). Although heart caths/ biopsies are invasive and are accompanied by many risks, I was nervous to wait that long! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I think I was especially anxious because we had been messing around with one of his immune suppressant meds off and on for 3 months. He had been on a pretty significant dose of Cellcept 2x a day since transplant to treat and prevent antibody rejection. But in the spring when he couldn't seem to kick an awful tummy bug the team decided to switch him to Imuran, which is also for antibody rejection but usually not a good as Cellcept when dealing with that chronic antibody rejection like Mason has had, but it is much much easier on the tummy. The first time we only switched for about 3 weeks and then went back to Cellcept when his tummy was doing better. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Although, within a month the mean old tummy bug reappeared with a vengeance causing Mason to lose weight he couldn't afford to be losing! So once again we switched to the Imuran to help mend his little tummy. I noticed this time that he was eating much better with the switch of meds and was gaining some weight back. So I talked to the team and we decided to leave him on it for the time being up until his biopsy, (which was about 6-7 weeks) kind of as a test to see if his rejection got any worse being on Imuran instead of Cellcept. Since he felt better on Imuran and was gaining weight it seemed worth it to see if possibly we could make the switch permanently!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<i><span style="font-size: 16px;">Today we are celebrating great biopsy results by heading to Lake Powell!! Mason's heart is happy and healthy❤️..... In fact these are the best biopsy results he's had in 2 1/2 years! He still has a little bit of mild rejection but it is ever so slight now! Hooray for good news</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">!"</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was so wonderful to get these results! Now just to keep his heart happy from here forward!! He will continue monthly Ivig infusions to keep the naughty antibodies away and all of his meds/ immune suppression will stay the same (which are pretty high doses this far out from transplant, but that's what seems to keep his special heart happy). Also he gets to stay on the Imuran which his tummy likes much better. In fact, when we checked in for his biopsy he was up to 36 lbs, his heaviest ever! He is a little guy, so every pound counts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So off to Lake Powell we headed for our last summertime party of 2015....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And a party it was!! With good friends and family </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">there</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> to join us, we couldn't have asked for a funner vacation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Ammon dancing to 'Watch me whip"!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Uncle Dave and cousin Stephanie)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(a few of the star watching night owls)</span></div>
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When our Lake Powell trip came to an end unfortunately we had to head home to reality. It was already the end of the summer and the beginning of a new school year! Once again in hit me that my kiddos are growing up way too fast! Can we just freeze time??!! I have one in high school, two in junior high, and two in Elementary school! For the first time in 17 years they are all in school, all day! It seems so strange not to have a side kick home with me during the day. </div>
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I will admit, I was very very nervous to send Mason to school all day! And believe me, I do not go far while he is at school so that I can get there within a few minutes if there's an emergency... but he is loving it! He does come home pretty warn out from his long day at school, but he usually will walk in and say, "Mom, I'm not tired today!" He just wants to be a big boy like everyone else. Although I miss him during the day, it is such a miracle to see how far he's come and how well he's doing! What a wonderful blessing! </div>
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<dt style="line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Live in the present, and make it so beautiful</span></i></dt>
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I started this post over a month ago when I was trying to get caught up before Mason's biopsy and our second trip to Lake Powell, but never finished it! And now the summer is over and the kiddos are already back in school! This summer went way too fast... I guess just another reminder to cherish every moment with our children, because time flies by and they grow up too quickly! Here is what was going on with the Strickland's in July...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">July 8-11 Kaitlin and Preston went on a pioneer trek in Wyoming with 520+ youth ages 14-18. They walked and pulled handcarts for 28 miles through out the 3 1/2 days. At times they walked through rain, hail, and wind... and all while wearing pioneer type clothing! What an experience! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<span style="line-height: 28px;">Pioneer treks are a common summer activity for Church members around the world, allowing them to experience, if even partially, the challenges the earliest pioneers faced in searching for religious freedom in the 1800s."<a href="http://www.ldsliving.com/Ultimate-Guide-to-Pioneer-Trek/s/72517" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"> Click here to learn more.</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaitlin came home and said, "that was the hardest thing I've ever done, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I will definitely make my own kids do it someday too!" So it must have been a great learning experience!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Besides the difficult parts of the trek, the youth also had fun playing some of the games the pioneers used to play in the evenings after their long days on the trail. I'm grateful for all the leaders who went along and for those who took part in the planning for this amazing adventure!</span></div>
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One of my most favorite weeks of the year is the week our family spends in my happy spot! Although Utah is where I call home now and love raising my kids here, I will always be a California girl at heart! <span style="text-align: center;">We had a great week at the beach enjoying the waves, sunshine, and sand! We hung out at some of our favorite beaches... </span><span style="text-align: center;">Doheny, Salt Creek, Crystal Cove, T-street, and Strands. There was lots of surfing, boogie boarding, beach strolling, sandcastle making, smash ball playing, sun tanning, sunset watching, and visiting with friends. Here are just a few of our memories that I captured...</span></div>
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(Ammon, friend Ryker, Braiden, and Preston)</div>
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Our neighborhood always has a great time celebrating pioneer day. Starting with a bike parade, then bounce houses, watersides, and so much more! Ammon and Mason loved being part of the bike parade! And we love that our kids have such good friends to play with in our neighborhood!</div>
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As I've summed up another month of fun family times and memories I can't help but feel so blessed! Blessed that we are able to go and do fun things as a family, blessed to be a mom of 5 amazing kiddos, blessed that Mason has been healthy enough to enjoy family vacations, and so very blessed for the miracle that our Mason truly is! </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">6 years ago this month, on September 3 2009, we were told that there was nothing more that could be done to save our little Mason's life and that his months he had left here with us were few and numbered. As fresh as those emotions feel in my heart from that difficult time, it also feels like that was so long ago... because Mason has come so far since then! I do know that the miracles that we have </span>seen could never have been possible without Mason's special heart donor, and without our faith in Him our Father Above, who has helped us through it all and sent so many blessings and miracles our way.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today we are celebrating great biopsy results by heading to Lake Powell!! Mason's heart is happy and healthy❤️..... In fact these are the best biopsy results he's had in 2 1/2 years! He still has a little bit of mild rejection but it is ever so slight now! Hooray for good news<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">( For those who understand the way Primary's scores their biopsies and for my own record keeping, yesterday's biopsy results are: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">June came and went very quickly! But, it certainly didn't sneak by us without having lots of fun, being able to cherish each moment with those we love! As for Mason... June was a healthy and happy month too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We started out our summer vacation with a 4 day trip to Lake Powell with our friends the Card family. The weather was a bit stormy, but we still had great time! It was an awesome way to kick off summertime!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And in June they traveled together to Woodward Ski Camp in Tahoe.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"One of my dearest friends, Amy Foster Openshaw, from my teen and college years sadly passed away today with her husband and two of their children in a tragic plane crash. Please remember their family and especially their 3 sons they have left behind in your prayers at this time of great loss. Amy will always and forever hold a very special spot in my heart. All of my love to the Foster and Openshaw families."</span></i></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Above: Summer of '91, Amy and I went to Virginia to visit our roommate Stephanie)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Click here to read one of the news articles about the crash, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Summer of '92, before Amy and I went on our missions)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Above: Spring of '94 at BYU, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Below: Summer of '94, I was one of Amy's bridesmaids)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was my Instagram post to honor Amy and her family on June 19, 2015:</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvysM9YwXgo53U23g8pQLlF_ku9J4SWZVoPUYh2GVfyTwafeiP5mdEkzK8mlSrhCOZkdXdbIBMf_rRVNnURJSN2dgoiatK9c-IgjTpfaDKDCiyepa5vzrUdyrdw7TCvX72N6udHVf4Iuo/s1600/IMG_2966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvysM9YwXgo53U23g8pQLlF_ku9J4SWZVoPUYh2GVfyTwafeiP5mdEkzK8mlSrhCOZkdXdbIBMf_rRVNnURJSN2dgoiatK9c-IgjTpfaDKDCiyepa5vzrUdyrdw7TCvX72N6udHVf4Iuo/s400/IMG_2966.JPG" width="400" /></span></a><i><span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Flashback to the 90's!!! This is in memory of one the sweetest
kindest best friends a college girl could've ever asked for!! Amy (Foster)
Openshaw was one of those people that could make sunshine out of the cloudiest
of days, she could always make you smile no matter what, and just being with
her made you want to be a better person! Amy, her husband Mark, their son
Tanner, and their daughter Ellie leave behind a legacy of charity and
unconditional Christ-like love! They were amazing people that will always be
remembered for their kind service to others! I know their 3 surviving sons
Porter, Zane, and Max will carry on this legacy for them. Many hugs and prayers
to the Foster and Openshaw families. Love you forever Amy"</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once again I've let way too much time go in-between posts, so now I have some catching up to do!! But busy is good right?! And in Mason's case, usually no news is good news... and it also means we've been busy having fun! Even with Mason staying quite immune-suppressed to treat his chronic rejection, he stayed pretty healthy this spring. With the exception of a reoccurring tummy bug that took us to the ER for some Iv fluids for one day, spring has treated Mason well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May is always a crazy month with spring sports, end of the year field trips, school performances, school projects, Memorial Day and more...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mason will tell you that his most favorite thing about spring is BASEBALL!! He just loves it!!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He played on the Yankee tee-ball team this year and had a lot of fun. During tee-ball season, that </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was all he could think about! On game day he'd come home from Kindergarten at noon and put his baseball uniform on, cleats and all, even if his game wasn't until 6:30pm! Silly boy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Usually tee-ball doesn't have a catcher, but somedays Mason's team had one!! He put his gift from Santa this year (the catcher's gear) to good use!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are certainly glad with his elbow injury that he was diagnosed with in the fall that he was still able to play this spring. It wouldn't have seemed right without his 4+ games a week to add to our crazy schedules!! Braiden went to a lot of physical therapy during the fall and winter for his <a href="http://www.orthopediatrics.com/docs/Guides/OCD_elbow.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>OCD</b></span></a> elbow and it sure paid off!! He still has to be careful how he throws and not to over use it, but he's thrilled to still be playing! He even was able to pitch every once in awhile, but only for an inning or two. He also didn't play catcher very much in order to let his elbow continue to heal, but he had a fun great season. Go #7 Braiden!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our sweet Ammon was always one of his brothers' biggest fans at all of their games! After a year of soccer (a couple years ago) he decided he enjoyed cheering from the sidelines more than playing. He is Mr. social at all of their games, making new friends, hanging out with old friends, sneaking money from my purse to buy treats for everyone, and just doing what Ammon does best... enjoying life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I need to give a big shout out to Mason's teacher, Mrs. Eldredge <span style="text-align: right;">who took such good care of Mason this year! </span><span style="text-align: right;">He had a wonderful </span><span style="text-align: right;">experience </span><span style="text-align: right;">in kindergarten and </span><span style="text-align: right;">absolutely loved going to school every day!!</span></span></div>
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As for Kaitlin, she was just excited to be done with her sophomore year! She studied a lot, got really good grades, made some great new friends, and was very very helpful to me as we would 'divide and conquer' after school getting the boys to sports, scouts, tutors, and more! Thanks KK for all you do!</div>
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Preston and Braiden relaxed for a little while in their hammocks... (Which is the most recent trend these days. The teenagers go"hammocking". What a great way to enjoy our beautiful world!)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I will be completely honest... March was rough month at our house! I was so glad when March was over and April brought us a fresh beginning. Thank goodness for Springtime right?!! So where do I begin? First of all I guess was the news of Mason's worsened rejection. It hadn't been the news we'd been hoping for! This meant increased steroids, increased risk of infection, and a little guy that does not feel well while taking the higher doses. After the antibody blood work came back showing a significant amount of donor specific antibodies, but pretty similar to his antibody blood work done in November the team decided not to do anything more aggresive. They said since his heart seems to be handling this level of rejection just fine, that they'd rather not be more aggressive with treating the rejection because this would only increase his risk of getting nasty infections all the more. Its a fine line of balance!! Do we try to get rid of this chronic rejection once and for all or try to keep him healthy so he can enjoy being a little boy??!! But how long will his heart be able to handle this chronic mild rejection??!! For now we will just continue what we are already doing with his present immune suppression and monthly Ivig infusions and repeat a heart biopsy in August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A week after Mason's cardiac cath, biopsy, and MRI... Mark went in for an emergency surgery on a herniated disc. I guess he'd been having a little too much fun on the slopes this year and his back had had enough! He met with the back doctor on Tuesday March 17, who took one look at Mark's MRI of his back and scheduled him for surgery the following day! Mark had a herniated disc that was pressing on his sciatic nerve, which was causing him a significant amount of pain. We were glad to find out the cause of the pain, but were shocked by how soon the doctor wanted to operate! It was a pretty major surgery and has required a good amount of recovery time, but for the most part he's now feeling much better than he had been before surgery. We were bummed about how quickly the doctor scheduled the surgery though (but knew it was totally necessary), because we had planned a family trip to St. George that week (Wednesday through Saturday) for Braiden's annual March Madness baseball tournament. So we sent Braiden with another family and stayed behind to take care of Mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Although, when we found out at midnight that Friday night that Braiden's team had made it into one of the championship brackets for Saturday... and Mark was doing well enough at that point to be left alone (plus he got a lot more rest with us all gone), I piled the kiddos in the car at 6:30 am Saturday morning and we drove down to surprise Braiden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was so fun to surprise him and watch his games that day! His team played really well and they took second place! It was a long drive to watch 8 hours of baseball, but well worth it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now hear comes some honesty... even though I was so glad we drove down to support Braiden on a whim, I received some very sad news just 45 minutes before we got to St George. And after I got this news I decided right away that I would 'bottle up' or 'put on hold' my emotions until after all of Braiden's games that day. We had gone to surprise him and the day was supposed to be about him! I prayed for our Heavenly Father to help me just get through the day, and I know he did. As hard as this was to do with the type of news I'd received, I was able to (for the most part) keep my sad emotions hidden until later that night, which I know now seems so crazy. I think with all I've been through with Mason, I've sort of built an emotional wall up around me. (I'm sure this has pros and cons!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The heart breaking news I received that day was that my youngest brother had passed away that morning. It was just 3 days before his 28th birthday (way too young!!). I posted this on instagram and Facebook on his birthday: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<i>Today is my youngest brother
Hunter's 28th birthday. Sadly he passed away last Saturday unexpectedly. Hunter
was a big tall strong guy on the outside, but like a cuddly kind-hearted teddy
bear on the inside. He will be greatly missed by many. Today, I'm so grateful
for my belief and knowledge that we can reunite again someday. Until then
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="color: #10131a;">To read his obituary go to: </span><a href="http://walkersanderson.com/obituaries/Hunter-Chase-Skaggs/Fairview-UT/1493380" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">here</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1382358995">(</a></i></span><a href="http://walkersanderson.com/obituaries/Hunter-Chase-Skaggs/Fairview-UT/1493380)">http://walkersanderson.com/obituaries/Hunter-Chase-Skaggs/Fairview-UT/1493380)</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Needless to say, this was been a very difficult thing for our family to go through. He was a very kind, hard working, and handsome young man who we all thought was too young to be returning home to our Father in Heaven. Obviously He had other plans for our Hunter though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<i>It was a beautiful day to celebrate the life of my
younger brother Hunter. Thank you for sending us the sunshine today Lil Bro.
I'll love you forever Hunter!! It's not goodbye, it's I'll see you later! Until
we meet again.....❤"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had the opportunity to give Hunter's life sketch at his funeral. I was overwhelmed and stressed that I had offered to do it, but I wanted to help out as much as possible to alleviate some stress for my parents and brothers. I ended up being so grateful I had! I loved reflecting back upon all the happy and fun memories of my darling little brother. Although I was almost 16 years older than him and left for college when he was only 2, we still had a special relationship! He was always my little tag along buddy when I'd come home to visit. I miss him and am so grateful that families are forever! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you can see now, March was just one of those months that we could truly say, "when it rains it pours"! We were excited for April to come and bring us some fun memories and celebrations... Mason's 5th angel heart birthday, Easter, Preston's birthday, Organ donation month, and Kaitlin's first prom!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While we were there we celebrated Mason's 5th anniversary (April 4) of his heart transplant. 5 years feels like a huge accomplishment and we feel so blessed for how well he is doing! We think of his donor family all year long, but especially on this day! It's hard to put into words how grateful we are for their decision to donate at a time of great loss for their family. We have never found out who Mason's donor was, but we still want them to know wherever they may be that we are so very thankful for the second chance at life they gave to our Miracle Mason!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">"5 years ago today (which was Easter Sunday that year- 4/4/2010) Mason received the miracle of a new heart</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">❤</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">!! Our annual tradition is to send balloons up to the heavens to
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Easter Morning</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since we were still in Las Vegas on Easter Morning, when the kids woke up they found that the Easter Bunny had visited our hotel room! It wasn't a typical Easter morning, but the important thing is that we were all together as a family. We were able to watch the LDS general conference over the internet and hear some beautiful Easter messages. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); line-height: 30px; text-align: start;">in the redemption provided by our Savior, </span><a class="no-link-style" href="http://www.mormon.org/beliefs/jesus-christ" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: none !important; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Jesus Christ</span></a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); line-height: 30px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #20124d;">.</span>"</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mason put this Easter outfit together all by himself <span style="text-align: center;">for the drive home to Utah... silly boy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaitlin stayed in Vegas a couple of extra days with <span style="text-align: center;">cousins and then she flew back to Maryland to spend </span><span style="text-align: center;">the rest of Spring break with Mark's sister Tiffany </span><span style="text-align: center;">and her darling family.</span></span></div>
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Mason and I got to help hand out cookies to the wonderful nurses and doctors
and Primary Children's on April 23. We were so excited to do this just 3 weeks after we celebrated Mason's 5th heart transplant anniversary! The gift of his heart transplant has brought 5 more amazing years with our Miracle Mason than would've ever been possible, and hopefully many more years to come! Have you ever thought much about organ donation? Are you a registered donor yet? (You can
register at </span><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="http://www.donatelife.net/"><span style="color: red;">www.donatelife.net</span></a>)</b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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organ transplants. 18 of those people die every day waiting. Here’s the crazy
thing… 90% of Americans are aware of organ donation and support it, but only
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Yesterday we were at Primary Children's for Mason's annual cardiac MRI (to check his coronary arteries) and heart cath/ biopsy (to check pressures and rejection). It was a long day, but Mason always loves hanging out at his 'home away from home'! Who wouldn't when you can lay in bed playing xbox, drinking slushees and sodas, and order any kind of food you want whenever you want! Plus when they know Mason and I by first name when we check into same day surgery, you know we've been there often enough for Mason to feel well loved and be quite spoiled while we are there!<br />
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I will start with our good 'sunny' news for the day. Mason's arteries look great and very healthy. Hip hip hooray! Coronary artery disease is always a concern for heart transplant recipients. Most of the time when this occurs another heart transplant is needed, which especially with Mason's complicated history we hope that's not something we will have to think about (at least not for a long time). Along with the good news about his coronary arteries, his echo showed great heart function and his cath showed healthy and normal heart pressures. All of this we are certainly grateful for!</div>
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The biopsy results is where the cloudy and rainy whether came in yesterday..... Mason has been in chronic mild cellular and vascular (antibody mediated) rejection for two years now. From biopsy to biopsy (about every 3-4 months) it would sometimes improve a little and sometimes a lot, but never completely gone these last two years. Of course yesterday we were hoping for it to be all gone or at least better than his last biopsy in November, BUT it is slightly worse! In fact his level of rejection is right back to where we were exactly two years ago when we so unexpectedly found out he was in rejection. Bummer!!! For those who understand the biopsy rating that Primary's uses it is C3 V3, ISHLT 1r, pAMR 2. At least it is still within the 'mild' range, but even long term mild rejection can cause problems, such as coronary artery disease. At least it hasn't yet, right?! And, his heart function remains unaffected by the rejection also, thank goodness!</div>
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The transplant team met and discussed Mason yesterday to come up with a plan of action, before they came and told me the results. For now, he's back up on high doses of steroids, increased doses of prograf, and continued monthly IVIg infusions. When they get back his donor specific antibody blood work (sometime next week) they may or may not get more aggressive with their plan for Mason, depending if there has been a significant increase in these 'naughty' antibodies or not. Dr. Lal also plans to call and consult with the transplant docs at Stanford, to see if they would suggest something else to try and conquer this chronic rejection. </div>
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As we have come to learn over the last 7 years, our amazing Miracle Mason 'rainbow' is made up of both rain and sunshine..... but this is what makes him who he is, and that is why we love him so!!! Please remember him and his special heart in your prayers, that we can get rid of this rejection once and for all!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">sister Kaitlin and somehow hurt his foot. He limped </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After no fracture showed up and we finally got him to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A month later, he's better now and running around just fine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the heart world that affects countless children and families each year.</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is no known cause for CHD. Only 15 – 20% of CHDs are related to genetic conditions.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Congenital heart defects are the leading cause of all infant deaths in the United States.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each year in the U.S., nearly 40,000 babies with CHD will be born. Thousands will not live to see their first birthday and thousands more will die before reaching adulthood.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pulse oximetry is a simple test that can be performed during newborn checkups to help detect some types of CHD. Early detection is crucial to saving little hearts.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More than 50% of all children born with CHD will require at least one invasive surgery in their lifetime.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Surgery does not always cure CHD. Many Heart Heroes will require additional surgeries and lifelong maintenance to sustain their heart health.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="line-height: 20px;">This list was taken from </span><a href="http://www.congenitalheartdefects.com/" style="border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">CongenitalHeartDefects.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 20px;">.)</span></span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">always smiling, lovable, and friend to everyone 4th kiddo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Ammon, life would not be the same without all your love </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">and hugs! Thanks for being you!</span></span></div>
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from Christmas to the next biggest holiday, AMMON's BIRTHDAY!</div>
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Mason made it to today without getting sick!! After post poning this surgery twice from getting sick, I'm definitely grateful that when today came he was healthy and ready. Mason and I checked at 6am this morning at Primary Children's. Silly boy was so excited to be here! He loves his home away from home and is one very brave boy! </div>
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They took him back to the OR at 8:00am (only a half hour past the scheduled time, so not bad!) and the procedure took less than an hour. For any one new to our blog, Mason had severe scoliosis which was unrelated to his heart issues. He had a 75% S curve and it was going into his right lung (his only good lung), so three years ago in April he had two expandable rods placed in his back to help straighten his spine. Every 6 months (sometimes it gets stretched to 8 months) he has to get the rods expanded to allow for growth. The doctor makes a 3 inch incision in his mid back to go in and expand the rods. With these expansion procedures the pain really isn't too bad and usually only lasts a couple of days. </div>
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When I got to see Mason in the recovery area he was a a little drowsy and grumpy, but who wouldn't be right?! By 10:00 am we were moved to a room in the post op department where we have stayed all day to get his monthly IVIg infusion treatment. I'll always take a 2 for 1 visit when possible! Mason also had his monthly echo today and his heart looks happy and healthy! yay! The plan is to go home late tonight. Wish us luck! Hopefully Mason won't throw us any curve balls! </div>
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On a side note, look who got glasses!! In the fall Mason didn't pass his eye exam at school or at our pediatrician's office. After waiting 4 months to get into a pedantic opthomologist we found out that sure enough this cute little boy needs glasses. And the good new is that he actually loves wearing them! </div>
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Today while at the hospital I've been working on a February post, but Mason didn't let me finish it. He's been needing some extra cuddles and TLC. I will try to finish it this week. We have two birthdays at our house in February, Braiden and Ammon. Plus we always have lots more going on to keep us hopping at out house. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mason had his monthly IVIg treatment over night up at Primary's on January 19, and then Transplant clinic the next morning on January 20. Clinic went well, his blood work looked good, and his echo showed normal good heart function. We continue to see them monthly because of the chronic mild rejection he has been in for almost 2 years. As long as his heart function remains good then his next biopsy won't be until March to follow up on his rejection. This will also be his annual heart cath and cardiac MRI to look at his coronary arteries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mason also had an appointment last week with an eye doctor, which we waited 3 months to get into. He didn't pass his eye exam at school so that's why we went to see a pediatric opthamologist. And guess who needs glasses? Yes, that would be Mason! He's actually pretty excited and has asked me everyday this week if his glasses are ready yet. So sometime next week when we get them, Mason will have a new style! </span><br />
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Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545773514266397212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847924615101988108.post-20541815498111082082014-12-20T23:38:00.002-07:002015-01-28T13:56:49.330-07:00Change of Plans<br />
Mason came down with a high fever of 103 and a nasty cough the night before he was scheduled for his back rod expansion surgery. Such bad timing! He hasn't been sick all fall! We were supposed to check in at 6:30 am to same day surgery on December 10, but instead I called at 6am to cancel after being up all night with a pretty sick little guy. The fever lasted three days and the cough has lingered, but is much better than it was. We probably won't re-schedule his back surgery until January, giving him time to completely get over his cough. Its just not a good idea to mix anesthesia with a cough, especially with how prone Mason is to getting pneumonia after being on the breathing tube for a surgical procedure. Although it certainly would have been nice to do it before the end of the year, since we've already met our max out of pocket with our health insurance for the year. I guess we will just meet our deductible and max out of pocket really early next year instead!<br />
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I talked to the transplant team this week about the results from Mason's immune-assay test that we drew at clinic two weeks ago. This test looks at how your body is responding to immune suppression treatments/ medicines. Mason's results showed that he is very immune suppressed. The team does not want to treat him with Retuximab (an additional immune suppression iv medicine) at this time. Although it is possible that it would help get rid of his chronic antibody rejection, it would not be good for his little body to be more suppressed. It is one of those 'fine line' decisions. If his heart function was down because of the rejection then it would be worth taking the risk of increased infections, but since his heart function remains strong and healthy even through this rejection we don't want to suppress him any more than absolutely necessary. With these results though, we do know how very immune-suppressed Mason truly is, and how important it is for him to stay away from anyone who is even the slightest bit sick.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">I will start with just a brief update on how Mason is doing and where we are at on treating his rejection. 5 days after his biopsy we got the results on his donor specific antibody blood work. The goods new is that one of the antibody types that had been strong back in June is now undetectable. The bummer is that he still has several others that remain strong, but at least they are not any worse than before. With those results the docs decided to taper him down over three weeks down to his regular maintenance dose of steroids (so for 2 days now he has been back on his regular dose). That being said, since he didn't have to continue on the extremely high doses of steroids for more than 5 days, I let him stay in school. Which has still been risky with him being extra immune suppressed, and it takes awhile to get the higher steroid doses out of his system, but he LOVES school! And, his Kindergarten teacher has been extra sensitive about germs, hand washing, and the importance of keeping him healthy. He only missed school one day, because he was feeling so crummy on all of the extra meds. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">Thursday I took him to transplant clinic for a checkup to make sure from a heart stand point that he is okay to have his back expansion surgery that is scheduled for next week on December 10. His echo and routine blood work looked good, so basically he remains asymptomatic from this chronic rejection (Which is great news!!!). With that, along with being back down to his lower steroid dose, the transplant team feels like going forward with his back surgery is just fine. We will stay in the hospital just one night and while we are there he will also get his next IVIg treatment. The other thing we did at clinic was an extra blood test called an immune-assay test. It will look at Mason's level of immune suppression. With the results (we will get them next week) the team will decide if they want to add another IV treatment called Retuximab to help conquer this chronic antibody rejection. If he is already too suppressed then they will hold off for a couple months, if not then we will probably start it a couple weeks after his rod expansion surgery. Lastly, as long as he stays healthy and asymptotic of this rejection then he will see the team once a month for clinic, continue his monthly IVIg, and re-biopsy in March or April (which is when his annual cath is anyways) to check the rejection.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">so I carried him for the last mile and 1/2! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">In October Mason had a great time on his first field </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">trip of the year, to HeeHaw farms . I loved going too!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">admit all I could think about were all the germs he </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">On Mason's birthday he woke up to a room full of</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">from three fire fighter and there fire engine!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">(Indeed Mason was in his fire fighter gear as well!)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">Mason felt like the luckiest guy on Earth!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">A big shout out and thank you to our dear friend Paul and his crew!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">Mason was showered with fun gifts from his friends!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">and chronic mild rejection... he has been super healthy! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">He's had only a few hospital very short hospital stays which</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">little boy things like tee ball, family vacations, and school!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">And for that we are so extremely grateful for this year!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">Mason brings so much sunshine and joy to our family...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">I love you so very much. I feel so blessed to be your mommy.Each day I thank our Heavenly Father for you and the miracles he has shown through you. I am certainly grateful he has allowed you </span><span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">to celebrate more birthdays than the doctors would have ever imagined. Thank you for your incredible strength and example. I love you to the moon and back... and more! Happy 7th Birthday!</span></div>
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Mason and I checked in yesterday at 7 am to same day surgery for his heart biopsy. Silly boy was super excited to be there! It's like a home away from home for him where lots of nurses and doctors know him, he gets fun prizes, and he can order any food or drink that he wants..... maybe his view of a fun time is just a bit distorted, but I'll take the good attitude any day! He happily went into the cath lab for his biopsy, until he remembered I'd be leaving once he was almost asleep, he then got just a little nervous. But, he is certainly one brave boy!</div>
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After his biopsy we stayed in a post-op room for his monthly IVIg infusion. It was a long day and we didn't get back home until after midnight, but it's always nice to get everything done in one day. </div>
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We got the results from Mason's biopsy last night while we were still there. It sadly wasn't the results we'd been praying and hoping for. Apparently that stormy rejection cloud has made a return. It has been lingering over Mason off and on for the last year and a half. In June, the last time he had a biopsy, it was just a very slight mild rejection. Now, it is still mild, but worse than it was. It's about the same in severity as it was in October and March of 2013, For those who understand the way Primary's transplant team scores there biopsies it is a C2 V3 ISHLT 1R pAMR2. His rejection is mainly antibody mediated. Which it usually is with Mason! </div>
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The plan of action right now is going back up on the high doses of steroids (prednisone), which I definitely have a love hate relationship with. They can do wonderful things such as getting rid of the bad antibodies fighting against Mason's special heart, but at the same time turn my cute little happy guy into a restless grumpy pants! I know prednisone hurts his little tummy too, because today he's had trouble just keeping all his meds down. But, the worse side effect of all is how much more it suppresses his immune system. I believe it's about 50% more than his normal suppression! </div>
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So I have a decision to make about whether to send him to school or not right now. It is a fine line decision! We got him his heart so he could enjoy life right?! But I also have to decide how far I go with protecting his fragile life from all the germs and sickness that could take his life. Errr! The transplant team has left it up to me! It get harder the older he gets, because he now realizes what he's missing out on. And, he absolutely loves school!!!</div>
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I will be talking to the team again on Wednesday to discuss the rest of Mason's plan. They want to get back his DSA results (blood work that checks for donor specific antibodies) back to to see if they are higher or lower than the last time we checked (which was in June). This will help them decide how long they will keep Mason on the higher doses of prednisone and if they need to add another anti -rejection med (Retuximab) to his treatment routine. So I'll probably wait until then to decide how much of an 'at home lock down' I need to keep Mason on! </div>
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After I got the biopsy results last night I spent quite some time pondering about "what is the silver lining in all this?" First and foremost, Mason is happy and thriving! He loves life! The rejection also could be much much worse! He already experienced severe rejection four and a half years ago soon after his transplant. We've been there, done that... and I will take this lingering mild rejection over that any day anytime! Additionally, his heart function remains great and his heart pressures were good and normal yesterday. Amazingly his special heart continues to handle the antibody rejection. Hopefully his heart can just remain resilient! That is my prayer through all of this, that we can control this mild rejection allowing Mason to continue enjoying life. We are also grateful for great doctors who are knowledgeable and experienced. It is because of them and our Heavenly Father that I can find the silver lining in this storm cloud... there's always hope that we will get through it!</div>
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Someone recently asked me if all of the rejection that Mason has experienced since his transplant is normal. I believe it is not necessarily normal, but always possible. We went into Mason's transplant knowing rejection was a great possibility for him. He had a very high antibody count before transplant. He received some IVIg treatments at Stanford prior to transplant which lowered his antibody count about 30%. This widened his donor pool significantly, and he got his heart after being on the transplant list only 4 weeks! </div>
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Although, we knew that there was the chance of the donor heart reintroducing some of the antibodies the IVIg treatments had wiped out, which would then caused rejection. And that's exactly what happened! We for sure saw this with his severe rejection in the beginning. Aggressive treatments and medicine made his new heart happy, wiping out most of the bad antibodies. But, overtime the antibodies continue to slowly return and fight his heart again, even through his daily anti-rejection meds and his monthly IVIg treatments. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pumpkin carving, Halloween parades at school, and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">trick-or-treating are a few of our fun fall traditions. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This year my cute kiddos dressed up as a fire fighter, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Elf on the Shelf, Willy from</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Kaitlin's birthday was on September 16.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaitilin we love you! Happy Belated Birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Preston has been a good sport! One foot in a cast</span></div>
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Our Super Nanny Sammi got married!</div>
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Good luck with you new journey Sammi!</div>
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Thanks again for all you've done for us! </div>
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