Happy 4th of July

Doug enjoyed his 4th of July holiday with his first real bath in over a week. We had been giving him sponge baths since his surgery, but as of Sunday he was able to take a bath in the tub and we where able to keep his scar exposed to help it heal.

(Doug kicking in the tubby)

Douglas now has a large 5" long half moon shaped scar on his left shoulder blade from his Co-arctation repair a a large 5" scar on the center of his chest. Add the scar from his cut down on his leg and the one on his left arm and he has some real war wounds to be proud of.

He is getting better and better everyday and his personality is coming back more and more. He is certainly in some pain, but he is already back to rolling around and scooting around the house. He is amazing at how quickly he is recovering.

(His new Scars)

Bob and I went to the annual 4th of July parade. He was a bit stand offish at first, but he got much more into the parade when he found out how much candy they threw to the kids. He made out like a bandit.

(Bob and his bag of candy @ the parade)

Bob continues his partying ways as he spent all of the 4th at either the parade or at parties and is visiting his cousins Ben & Sam today.

As for now Doug says he will stay inside and enjoy the cool air. It is brutal hot out and he wants nothing to do with it.