Great Day Houston!

On Monday I will be on tv to talk about my heart. Be sure to watch me and my mom on Monday morning at 9 on channel 11. My doctor Dr. Rivenes will be on there too with me. I don't know if I'm going to talk. I have no idea what I will say if they ask me something. I guess we'll wait and see! I don't remember anything about my surgeries, which is good because I don't have to remember the pain! I do have to have another MRI in April. I hate MRI! I absolutely positively hate Mris! Why do I have to get the shot? TV will be fun! Now goodbye! See you after the show!

CAMP MYSTIC

I loved camp this summer! I was in the tribe of the KIOWA (ke-o-wa).I had a lot of fun going horse back riding, swimming, drawing,golfing,drama,free swim, cheer leading,guitar,minnows.I didn't want to leave.I know next year I will have a lot of fun!

Getting ready for more camp!

Nothing big on my heart right now. That's good news! Yay! No surgery for a while, like a few more years or so. I hope I don't have to do any of those yucky tests again anytime soon. I'm getting ready to go to camp for FOUR weeks, but I'm not worried about my heart. I know it will be absolutely, positively fine. My mommy wants me to write longer blog posts, but I don't have time right now. See you after camp!

P.S. There are sugar ants crawling in our house, and we don't know why!

Camp Pump It Up

I went to Camp Pump it Up a few weeks ago. It's a camp for kids with heart problems. I met a friend there named Ainsley who has a seven-year-old boy's heart in her. She's also had cancer. I rode horses and canoed. It was fun. I had lots of fun activities. It was good being there with kids who have problems like me. Mine weren't nearly as bad! I can't wait to go next year! It's for a weekend. I didn't know anyone when I went. I was shy. Carson can go with me one day. The dance was fun. I only saw one girl dance with a boy. I was in cabin #9. It was the best cabin I think. I was too busy to miss my family. See ya later!

Today I had my stress test. They put sticky things on my chest to put cords on them. I have no idea what they do. Something about measuring my heart. I walked on a treadmill for 10 minutes. At the end, I had to run. I got tired and I started to cry. I feel fine now but I'm a little tired. Mommy took a bunch of pictures. Here they are.

Before it happened. I'm watching the TV.

I felt like crying!





I couldn't breathe!

This one is right when I was done. See how tired I am?

I'm about to get all the sticky things off of my chest.

Bye for now!

MRI TODAY

Have I said I HATE MRIs? I tried to make a break for it by asking my dad if I could stand up but he knew what I was going to try to do. It took 4 people to get my IV in. I hate MRIs a thousand times. I said"It stings" probably 30 times. I wonder if I snored. MRI medicines sting to death. My mom and dad said it was hard for me to wake up. Maybe I was so tired. I wonder if the medicine will react . If it does my teacher will find me fast asleep in class. I hope that happens. That would be awesome. I hope they took good pictures. I have a stress test on Monday. See you then! Goodbye.

Open-Heart Surgery

On May 6, 2003, I had open-heart surgery. They cut me open through my chest. When they did this, I couldn't go outside the house for two weeks before my surgery. They didn't want me to get sick. We don't know if I will have to do this the next time I have surgery. My eyes rolled into the back of my head. They thought it was a bad reaction to the medicine they gave me to put me to sleep. I didn't know this but my daddy just told me my body got all stiff. After that, I had to go to the brain doctor to see why I did this. I had to keep going to him to make sure nothing was wrong with my brain. Good thing nothing was wrong. My parents pray for my heart all the time. I was in the hospital for a week. I called it the hostipal. The pictures above are the man who did my surgery and my heart doctor, Dr. Rivenes. His name is Dr. McKenzie. They came to see me all the time in the hospital.