McKenzie was a Ghost for her first Halloween, she spent the day scaring doctors at the Heart Center while at her follow-up appointment with her cardiologist. We didn't bring her around family as we are waiting the six week period to avoid any infections or unwanted illness. After the cardiologist we headed home and watched Halloween movies on the couch.
We spent Thanksgiving at home as McKenzie had gotten a small respiratory infection with a fever. So, she spent the day resting while Nikki and I made our first Thanksgiving dinner. We didn't invite family over to prevent McKenzie from getting more sick or overwhelmed.
When I was pregnant, I was so excited McKenzie would be here in time for the Holidays. After she was born and instantly needed so much medical attention, I realized my concept of what her first Holidays would be would need to change. McKenzie had her open heart surgery on October 3rd, this caused Halloween to be in the middle of her recovery. A few days before Thanksgiving, McKenzie was taken to Arnold Palmer ER for an unexplained fever, the doctors said she was in the beginning stages of a respiratory infection. Thankfully, we still dressed her up and got a photo of each holiday and hopefully by Christmas she will be able to visit with family.
