Caelen Gorman: We're back!

Caelen and I had a wonderful time in Florida visiting friends and family, although the month went by way too fast. While we were there, Caelen got to go to preschool 3 days a week with cousin Lily and did really well! All of the teachers and staff got to know him and would wave and say hi to him in the halls. He's become very popular at only 3 years old. He loved his teachers and especially Mrs. Carol who greeted him every morning, and Mrs. Connie who said goodbye to him in the afternoons. Caelen also got a chance to test drive the 2 year old class since he'll be starting at a new school next month with the 2 year olds, as opposed to his old school that kept him in with the 1 year olds. He handled the transition very well and I expect that he will do equally as well once he meets his new teachers and classmates.

We also got to visit with the Carpenters quite a bit and get in pool time with Uncle Jason, although Caelen calls him uncle kit kat because he can't say Jason. Aunt Morgan spoiled C and me, and he keeps asking when we are going back. He loved playing with Savannah and Grace and picked up lots of new words, mostly good too. I can't say the same for their older dog Georgia, but the good news is that Caelen won't be bothering her again until next summer.

C and Lily did better this summer too. Now that Caelen is up and running, he was able to chase Lily around the house as she screamed for him to get away. There was still a lot of nose honking by Caelen, and that didn't improve relations with Lily, but all in all, they did great together.

We spent a few weekends with my dad at his house and Caelen loved the pool! Dad has lots of dogs as well as a lot of space to run, so between the dogs, halls and pool, C was in heaven.

So now that we're back, we are gearing up for the cath next Tuesday, going up to philly on Monday for the pre-op. This cardiac cath, combined with the MRI will tell us whether he needs his third open heart surgery, the Fontan, this fall or next spring. We have been on isolation mode since we got back from Florida and are just trying to keep him as healthy as possible so we don't have any more delays.

We did manage to throw him a very small family birthday party at Ledo complete with the disney cars theme, and he loved running around the room and trying to escape to the main dining room with the other guests. Everyone had to play defense with Caelen, which made the game that much more fun.

So that's it for now, i'll update again from Philly once Caelen's cath starts, and any updates as they go along.

Thank you to all who keep us in your thoughts and prayers, we're gonna need them.