Thank you

We are forever grateful to all of our family for their support during the past year. We owe a special thank you to my mom, who finally got to go home today. She has spent more time in Seattle during the past five months than in Wibaux. Thank you for taking good care of Perrie and Isaac. We will miss you! And thank you to my dad for surviving on mostly chips and diet Coke this summer.

Priceless

It took a while, but our bill from 47 days at Seattle Children's finally rolled in. Any guesses?

This is what our insurance company was billed, but of course they pay much less. This does NOT include any of the physician charges though - each physician that worked with him has charged us separately...

Pharmacy $107,163

Supplies 14,324

Labs 107,049 (really?? over 100,000 worth of labs?)

Radiology 9,141

OR 150,268

Anesthesia 31,375

Blood 31,543

Imaging 25,910

Resp Services 36,000

Cardiology 131,422

Room 156,600

ICU 296,050

Medical 4,149

Diagnostics 3,896

Physical Therapy 775

Dialysis 24,876

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Total $1,130,541

It's really quite silly. All of these charges from the hospital and the most important person during his hospital stay (the one who actually fixed his heart) charged only $6,000 for his surgery. Needless to say, we will be teaching Isaac to have a good job that has good health insurance.

4 months young

Isaac hit the 4-month mark this week. He is getting more interactive and more fun every day. He is very curious about his toys and exploring them with his hands and especially his mouth. His head and body control are better all of the time and he managed to roll over to his back this week. Happy 4-months, Isaac!

Showing off at tummy time.

Perrie at 4 months...