What pacemaker?

You wouldn't know that Owen had surgery just under a week ago. Other than having some difficulty sleeping through the night, he's back to his old self. Laughing, playing, talking up a storm and is always on the go. The doctors said that we'd probably notice an increase in energy and that Owen would probably have more restful sleeps because he'd be more active during the day once the surgery was over. He was such an active kid to begin with that there might be very subtle hints that his heart is beating twice as fast as it used to but overall I haven't noticed much difference. Time will tell but I think the doctors are used to seeing kids who are very much affected by their heart condition prior to surgery. We caught Owen's so far in advance that he was showing little or no signs of anything being wrong.

His scar from the surgery is about twice as large as I was expecting...around 6 inches which looks huge on a toddler. Fortunately, even though the scar will be quite large, the surgical team did a beautiful job stitching him back up and we've had no issues with it bothering Owen too much. The only complaint we get every once in a while is "itchy".