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Bentley’s ♥️ update

First of all, I feel so extremely blessed for all the messages and texts that I have received the last week! It brought so much comfort knowing Bentley had so many people rooting and
Praying for him!

The day of surgery and the days following were scary and emotional and don’t even know if I can explain how hard it was for Alex and I. But we made it! And  Bentley had a great day today! Today we were able to take out so many tubes and a couple of IVs and he was able to have Jello and Mac and cheese. He even had a visit from Hadley and Grandma and Grandpa which brought some smiles out😊 We still have a long road to recovery, and  we are still in the ICU, but we are just taking it one day at a time.

He has been so strong and Brave and I couldn’t be more proud to be his mom♥️ I know it’s hard now, but it’s not the end, I will eventually post an update about his heart and the surgery. But I’ve been running on very little sleep and hope to get some rest tonight.
Love Always
💕Lezlie


This is Donny, she’s the therapy dog at the hospital, Bentley has really got to know her the last year and a half. He has really grown to love her!  This was taken on Tuesday May 28 during one of his pre op tests
This was taken tonight June 2, after he got all ready for bed. And one of the best smiles I’ve gotten from him today. Here’s to hoping we get more than  2 hours of sleep tonight🤞

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