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He has a hypoplastic left heart. Basically, his left ventricle is malformed and can't pump correctly. Tomorrow he may have surgery that will effectively give him a two chambered heart. If he survives, and there's a significant chance he won't, there are at least two more surgeries after that, in six months and two years. Without the surgery, he will die. I don't know if there's a god, but I do believe that prayers and thoughts can help people. Please keep Zachary in your thoughts. |
I will keep Zachary in my thoughts, and you, and your family. Is this your sister's child? I think I am going to cry now, but I'm glad you shared that with us. |
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duder...hang in there. you could be looking at the makings of a miracle. |
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good vibes going out Zachary's way, and yours. |
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And, that would be great, eri. Thanks, everyone. |
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More details later, but everyone is happy here. :) Whew... Thanks, ya'll. |
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Your nephew is beautiful, and an amazing little miracle. I am going to have to go and take a break and stop crying. Those cords and tubes and things just bring back so much, and it kills me to see other people have to go thru the same types of things. |
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look more like how you do in my mind! with clown pants! |
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. I'm really glad he's doing well. These pictures remind me of my own infant pictures. I spent the first few weeks of my life full of tubes and under glass like a science experiment. A baby incubator. . That's probably why I find it so comforting to hang out in the bathroom with the heat lamp on. |
Zachary went in for his second open heart surgery yesterday. He came through with flying colors. :) Today he was taken off the respirator and he even got to have a bit 'o' breast milk. (yum!) He's in mostly morphine induced sleep at the moment and is recovering nicely. He ought to be out of the hopital in about a week. He is such a trooper. A few times today the morphine wore off and he woke up. He was a bit grumpy, but he never cried. (Even with a four inch incision in his chest!) The kid's got guts. |
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hi eri! |
in my family, an old soul is on his way out. in a sleep, recovering from hip replacement surgery. the problem is he won't wake up. my grandfather. the details later, but we could be bound for atlanta anytime. but i want to reiterate, at a time like this,im happy to hear this tiggy. |
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To both Patrick and Kazu, I am hoping that all goes well, or as well as it can. My thoughts are with you and your families. And again, congrats Tiggy |
He's now off most all monitors except the blood oxygen one. Last I heard he may go home as early as tomorrow. |
Congrats |