Day 1

Hello! Welcome to Two Perfect Hearts! This blog was created to journey through our last step in beating Congenital Heart Defects!!!

Most of you have been on this journey with us for the last 4 years and we appreciate all of the love, support and prayers! To be honest, there hasn't been a time where we need that more than now. Blake is a fighter and he is going to do great but this surgery is going to be a tough recovery on him.

Going into today, our plan was to spend the next two weeks preparing for open heart surgery (Biventricular Repair) which was scheduled for April 22nd. Today we received a call that his surgery was moved up to Tuesday, April 16th and we will need to head up for his pre-op Friday morning at 7:30am. The Boston Marathon is Monday so like the rest of Boston, the hospital doesn't do much that day. We truly believe that it is Blake's time for surgery and we are pleased to get him there while he has some strength left but I would be lying if I said my nerves weren't rattled a little today. We are blessed to have an amazing team of doctors...many would say the best in the world....so I keep kissing the kids, reminding myself how blessed we are and then saying little prayers which makes me feel better (and making to-do lists).

A big thank you to those that helped get us hotels for our stay in Boston!! That isn't an easy task the week of the Boston Marathon! :)

My goal is to write updates in the evenings following the surgery to let you know how Blake is doing. It is anticipated that he will be in ICU for 7+ days after the surgery which means my connection will be limited so please forgive me if I miss calls, texts or emails!

Lastly, as much as we would like to share this journey with you please don't post this link to Facebook or other social media sites (basically ignore all those buttons below this). We believe in the power of prayer and want as many of those as we can get for Blake but we do try to keep our children's lives somewhat private. It is all about balance for us right now...thanks!!