While my mom, Zach, and Blayne were here in July for Everett's heart catheterization we had an early 1st birthday party for Anderson so that they could be here for his celebration. We had his cakes made to match his 1st birthday theme. His big cake was a #1 and his smash cake was made to match it. He had a cold and wasn't very impressed with his cake. He had a little bit of icing, but spent most of his time rubbing his itchy nose.
Then, when Grampy, Chinah, and Grace came at the beginning of August we decided to have another party so that they could celebrate his 1st birthday as well. We had it at a local park and also invited the children from the playgroup the boys are in. Since we had already done a cake this time we did cupcakes. We don't have pictures from his second party yet since Aunt Chinah graciously took them and hasn't had time to send them to us yet. Grams and Memaw and Pepaw both sent Anders cards with a gift enclosed. Anderson received lots of wonderful gifts at both parties and we are so grateful we had family and friends here to celebrate his 1st birthday!
James Everett was born September 13, 2007 with several heart defects that were not detected prenatally: Pulmonary Atresia (PA), Double-Inlet Left Ventricle (DILV), and Levo-Transposition of the Great Arteries (L-TGA). For more information on these defects you can visit these links: https://health.google.com/health/ref/Pulmonary+atresia https://health.google.com/health/ref/Double+inlet+left+ventricle He had his first open heart surgery, the Blalock-Taussig shunt, on September 25th when he was 12 days old. Just 10 days later on October 5, Everett had to be taken back into the OR to drain off the fluid that had accumulated around his heart that could not be diuresed with medication. In January '08 he had his Glenn procedure, and in March '09 he had his Fontan procedure. After these four open heart surgeries he is doing wonderfully!
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