Surgery Follow-up

Today Diana went to the hospital for her two week post-op doctor’s appointment. We first had to go to get an X-ray taken and then go to the cardiac waiting room and wait for the nurse to call us back. When the nurse brought us back she took Diana’s blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and an… Continue reading Surgery Follow-up

Surgery Report

It’s taken me a few days to get back in the swing of posting after taking a leave of absence for Diana’s surgery. Here is a pictorial timeline of the surgery with a few comments: On Thursday morning we got up bright and early and headed to the hospital. Diana was scheduled as the first… Continue reading Surgery Report

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Sugery Prep

Today we went to Primary Children’s Medical Center for blood tests, chest x-rays, and pre-checkin for Diana’s surgery tomorrow. Her surgery is scheduled for 7:30 a.m and will likely last 3 or more hours. She’ll be in ICU for at least 24 hours after the surgery and possibly more depending upon how things go. Once… Continue reading Sugery Prep

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Diana’s Heart Checkup

This past Tuesday we took Diana to Primary Children’s Medical Center for her six month cardiac checkup.  They did both the EKG and the cardiac ultrasound.   Last time Diana had to be sedated for the ultrasound because she was too wiggly.  This time she held still with the aid of a supply of purple suckers and… Continue reading Diana’s Heart Checkup

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Diana in the closet

While waiting for our house to get finished we are living in a three bedroom apartment. Since there are not enough beds, we got the playpen out of storage and put Diana in it and into the walk in closet in one of the bedrooms. Diana doesn’t seem to mind sleeping there, but I’m sure… Continue reading Diana in the closet

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Diana’s Heart Checkup

Yesterday we took Diana to Primary Children’s Medical Center for a heart checkup. Diana has a congenital heart defect called “ASD” that consists of a hole in her heart as well as veins that aren’t properly draining into the heart. The official term is Atrial Septal Defect with Anomalous Venous Connection. Because only one of… Continue reading Diana’s Heart Checkup

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