On April 27th, Krue is scheduled for open heart surgery to try and repair his aortic valve. If the repair goes well, we’re looking at a 5-10 day hospital stay in a pediatric intensive care unit. It could be longer if any complications arise, but we’re hopeful that there won’t be. For most of you know, Krue was born with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis. Within the past 3 years we’ve been monitoring his heart closely to see if his heart was being impacted by his heart disease, and unfortunately it has. The blood flowing outward of his aortic valve is being sucked back into his left ventricle causing moderate to severe dilation. This means it is putting extra pressure and work on the left ventricle to function properly. If it goes untreated it can cause severe damage to his heart and body (imagine riding a 2 or 3 seater bike and the other passengers aren’t helping pedal). This is what his heart is dealing with. Any support is truly appreciated as both Dominick and I will be juggling household bills, 4 other children and back and forth commutes from Ramona to Rady Childrens. Thankfully we have Shay and Denell, but neither have their license and both also have school obligations, so they can only help so much. Also, they’re children and we don’t want to rely on them so heavily during this time. Dominick’s job doesn’t have PTO or sick time and I have limited hours. I plan to use mine to compensate what I can, along with applying for Paid Family Leave. PFL isn’t immediate, nor will we know if we’re approved until after a waiting period of 10 days once, I apply and the Drs complete their portion. So this sits us in an in between and unknown. Like mentioned above, we’re grateful for anything! Even if it’s just a share of our fundraising. We love and appreciate you all.