Beckett | Heart of Beckett

Nov 06 2016

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Beckett

November 6, 2016

Decorating the Christmas Tree a little early this year. Much to be thankful for.

Oct 31 2016

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Beckett

October 31, 2016

“Super Gekko Muscles!” #PJMasks

Oct 19 2016

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Beckett, Jonny

October 19, 2016

Big smiles for possibly being discharged tomorrow! 😳 So proud of this lil guy!#GoBeckett #ODAAT

Oct 09 2016

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Beckett, Jonny

UPDATE (10/9/16)
Today has been GREAT! Slow-n-steady progress. He is certainly more himself, which has been refreshing. He’s a lil snarky and opinionated, but it’s been neat to see him speak his mind instead of merely agitated and uncomfortable.
We’ve been blessed again with more visitors today (which is always fun), and extremely thankful for the constant encouragement from you all online (and via text). He actually got to eat a little today, and at one point said that he’d like to leave to go back to school. Also, Leah was able to briefly hold him last night (with all the tubes and cables) while the nurses changed his sheets…which was certainly a treat for her. Oh, and as the picture shows, I was able to get him to smile (a little) earlier tonight. He’s cuddled well too, which certainly warms the heart!
He’s still not satting quite where they want him, but we think he’s improved a little and I think the medical team is quite pleased. In fact, he’s only had Tylenol for pain today (which is impressive for having open-heart surgery 2 days ago).
If you’d like to visit, just let us know (DM or text us), he’s enjoyed visitors. Otherwise, the encouragement from afar has been wonderful as well.
Lastly, some of you have provided food and even given financial again through our website….wow, that has been humbling yet again. I just wanted to take a brief section of this update to thank you for that….it has certainly helped with gas, loss of income, etc. Anyways, I just wanted to acknowledge that and say thanks!
Whelp, that’s it for now. I think we’ll still need to remain patient these few weeks, but we are encouraged that we are on the right track!
#GoBeckett

#ODAAT

Oct 07 2016

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Beckett, Jonny, Leah

October 7, 2016

UPDATE (10/7/16)
Whelp…..it finally happened. Roughly 20 minutes ago we said “bye” to our son again (or, more accurately, “see-ya-soon!”). You’d think this would get easier over time, but I assure you it seems to get more difficult. The only thing that is easy is knowing the environment, the emotions are heightened each time.
Anyway, with all that said, they were going to be taking Beckett back around 9:00am, but it didn’t happen until around 10:50am. I’d be lying if I said that each minute after 9:00am a little more doubt was creeping in that this was even going to happen. However, it began to pick up steam around 10:00am, and eventually we began walking him down in this little red wagon. As we began to hand him off Beckett said, “Daddy coming?” Which didn’t help me contain my composure in front of the whole O.R. team. They wheeled him away and Leah softly said, “I thought I was ready for that.” 😕
Sooo….here we sit in the waiting room for the next 6-8 hours trying to occupy our brains with books, movies, games…whatever needed. There’s no turning back now.
#GoBeckett

#ODAAT