I was right. It has been a hard week. Just when I thought I was getting a handle on things, I was blindsided! My follow up appt with my dr shows that I still have large kidney stones. I wasn’t prepared to hear that since I already had a procedure to […]
I was unprepared for the rush of emotions now that everything is over and we’re home with David. It feels like I need debriefing from it all. I steeled myself for the surgery, prepared for it as much as I could, and sailed through it with a strength that could only come from […]
Just 2 1/2 days after open heart surgery, we were able to bring David home! Our pediatric cardiologist has never had a patient go home so soon after this procedure. Guess she’s never seen prayer warriors in action! GOD IS GOOD!!!
We were moved to a room in pediatrics in the early evening on Thursday. David was leery of another change, but once we settled in, he really liked it. We have an amazing view of the city and can watch Portland Seadogs baseball games from our window! The pediatrics floor is incredible, […]
We survived the longest day of my life, and David is doing well. What a little trooper he is!! The surgery was text book, and they were done in less than three hours! He is doing amazingly well, in spite of all the tubes, monitors and other irritations. He is struggling […]
Today is the beginning of a very long week for us. David is scheduled for pre-op visits at the surgeon’s office and the hospital today, with surgery scheduled for 7 am tomorrow. He knows he’s going to have his heart fixed, but of course he has no idea of the magnitude of it […]