Just some pictures of the bathroom we are remodeling. It's been fun but we are so ready for it to be done. Our babysitter while we try and work. Mike cutting tile out in the snow and the 20 degree weather in October. The bathroom floor The bathroom floor entrance The toilet area The shower
It is looking so good! Did you guys come up with the design? You guys are making great progress. Some how our remodel room is at a stand still. Now instead of a game room I have a room with piles of tools all over.
We are not writers and are typically very private people. So why blog? Good question! Hopefully our posts will answer that for both of us! We also hate jumping on the band wagon! But, it is time. We're jumping! Our motivation... our children. We have four wonderful boys who have a story to tell. We're hoping that we will touch someone... somewhere... as we have been touched by the stories of others - your stories. At the same time, get our personal history written down before we forget. Having someone to answer to will make us do it. So here are the past and present states of the Zenns.
Mike and I were married in 1996. Our first son Joshua was born in Colorado and struggled from the beginning. A heart defect wasn't found until we moved to Minnesota when he was 8 months old. He had mitral valve stenosis and should have died. He was taken into surgery for a new valve and was good as new. He required a second valve replacement during his 1st grade year of school due to pneumonia. He also suffers from eye strabismus, asthma and allergies.
Thanks to Joshua, our second baby, Matthew, was watched carefully in utero. At the 20 week ultrasound they said, 4 chamber heart, looks good! We were sent back for a level 2 ultrasound a few weeks later where we received the blow...Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. It's been an extremely long road but today he is doing very well. We've added along the way Hypogammaglobulinemia with T-cell dysfunction (Immune Deficient), Plastic Bronchitis (due to fat - so no-fat diet), autism spectrum disorder, ADD/ADHD combined type, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, & Asthma. He also suffers from strabismus (eye crossing), migraines and many other side effects from surgery and medications.
Our 3rd son Noah was born with an ASD - Atrial Septal Defect - but it seems to have fixed itself. He also has the eye crossing - strabismus.
Then there is Isaac...son number 4. Isaac has Type 1 Diabetes, a peanut allergy and the lazy eye.
Want to start at the beginning of the story? - Monday's Memories
It's looking so good. How much more?
ReplyDeleteA-M-A-Z-I-N-G! When do I get to move in?
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