On Friday, June 26, 2009, Miss Banana had her AVSD repaired! Dr. Heart Surgeon said that he was able to patch the holes and to fix the valves in Miss Banana's heart so that it is working the way it is supposed to now! Hooray!! After a short four day hospital stay, Miss Banana is now home and continuing to recover. There have been a few bumps along the way during the recovery process so far, but in general, Miss Banana has done fantastically well. Right now my biggest complaint is that the hospital totally messed up her sleep schedule and sleep habits; but hopefully those will go back to normal once she is fully recovered. I am SO SO grateful for modern medicine and technology that makes her heart repair possible! In other great news, while we were in the hospital, Dr. Ears did an ABR to see if Miss Banana had any hearing loss (she failed her hearing screens twice) and apparently her hearing is PERFECT! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, we feel so blessed!
Here's Miss Banana the night before surgery.
This is how she looked right after surgery--OUCH!!
Here she is the day after surgery--it's amazing the difference that 24 hours makes!
Today she started being all smiley again, so I'll have to try to get some pictures of her so everyone can see her at one-week-post-op.
10 comments:
It's so good to hear that all went well. And such good news about her hearing! She is such a precious baby.
I'm so glad to hear it all went well! I know how hard it is to see your little baby hooked up to all of that. I'm so happy for you that she is home and recovering and hearing perfectly!
Awwww...yay!!! I can't tell you how excited we are for you guys that it all went so well. It is so hard to see them with all the tubes, but great that it all worked out. Modern medicine is the coolest.
Hooray! A year ago here in Portland a 15 month old girl died from pneumonia because her parents were opposed to using modern medicine (she only needed some antibiotics). It is so great what modern medicine can do along with faith and prayers.
I'm so happy that everything went well. Let us know if you need anything.
I love all the hair she has :)
Congratulations!!! I'm so so happy everything went well!
So glad everything went well!! Such a strong baby girl you have!!
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