Successful Walk!

First, we wanted to thank everyone who donated to the March for Babies walk. The initial goal was 500 dollars, but Travis was able to triple that and raise $1,500 thanks to all of you! Saturday was pretty windy and chilly, but Travis battled the elements and walked in honor of Mason. Mason and I joined him at the end and were very proud! Next year, we are hoping to create a CDH team and our goal is to have 50 people join us in the walk. If you are interested, please let us know and we will add you to an e-mail list so that you can be notified of date, time and location of the walk next year. We hope that you will be willing to join us in such a great cause! I added a picture of Mason hugging his Dad after the walk.

So far Mason has adapted well to the changes made by the Pulmonary team. He started using his new big boy inhaler tonight. It just takes two puffs, so much easier than a 20 minute nebulizer treatment! We are so happy that another piece of medical equipment can now leave our home.

Tuesday we started going to the Early On playgroup. Mason was pretty shocked to see all of the kids in a circle singing and clapping, but he held it together and had a great time. There is also an Occupation Therapist there along with his usual Physical Therapist. The kids play, sing and have snack time. We are so excited because next week Riley and his Mom will be at playgroup. Riley was born with CDH as well and had a very similar hospital stay and recovery. We are so lucky to have someone who has gone through the same experience as us living so close!

I also included a couple of pictures from Mason's OT appointment at UofM Wednesday. The first one is during therapy and the second one is after therapy and a visit with his girlfriends.