Laughing Warrior: 2/3/08

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Valentine Box Idea

I have been helping my kids make their Valentine Boxes and I thought of my Mom who is in the Nursing home, so I made her this one out of a butter cookie tin. First I cut a piece of red paper for the top, then I cut three strips of paper joined them together with tape and went around the edge. The tin looked plain so I thought of putting something lacey on the top, I made a paper fan and cut it like a snowflake with a heart theme. The tin still needed something else and the song "Paper Roses" came into my head, then I took paper and cut it into petal shapes and taped them together. When I finished the tin "I thought it looked like something my mother would like" as well as other so I thought I would share it on this blog.

Isaac's Heart Diagnosis and More

Isaac was born with Hypoplastic Right Ventricle with Dextrocardia, Pulmonary Stenosis, and VSD. He also has a leaky Tricuspid valve with moderate leakage. He had a BT shunt 1-17-03, Bi-Directional Glenn removing BT shunt 7-7-03, and the Fontan 6-22-06.
He was also born with Hydrocephalus (no shunt or brain damage), and Unilateral hearing loss (which he outgrew and only has minor hearing loss now). He also was born missing the top portion of his left ear (the pinea) which he will have plastic surgery for in a couple of years. He also has a condition with his left eye called Exotropia which may require surgery. He only has 70% of an airway which causes frequent croup, due to drainage from post nasal drip. We still find new problems occasionally, however his Heart is the most serious of all of his issues.