See, a heart surgery patient needs to be careful the first 6 weeks after surgery (if the sternum was cut open) so that the bone can set right and heal right. "Careful" is not in this 2 years vocabulary... especially when he is the middle child of 3 boys, and loves to wrestle!
I can now breath easier. I no longer have to be nervous if Isaac (5 year old brother) runs into Eli, I no longer have to be extra careful when holding him underneath the arms, and I no long have to the stop crazy-fun play when Daddy comes home and all the boys want to dog-pile!
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Eli is doing so well.
He started to refuse to wear the oxygen a few days after he come home. I was a bit nervous about that but was able to talk to the doctor on the phone before our scheduled check-up appointment, and he said he'd be fine if he looks fine. And Eli looked great!
The day of his check-up appointment I was telling Husband Matt that Eli looks so good, and so pink! I wondered out loud if his oxygen saturation were in the high 80s (when he left the hospital two week before, his levels at room air were at 82).
Well low and behold, when Eli was hooked up he was at 95! That's right, 95!! He hadn't been in the 90s on his own since he was born. And he'd gained his weight lost in the hospital visit, so he was back up to 31 pounds.
Life is truly wonderful after the Fontan Procedure. I always said that Eli was just Eli, and his mood could flip-flop to happy and sad within seconds. But he doesn't do that anymore. He runs without too much sweat, he plays without too much whine, and he's happy without too much upset screeching.
Life is good. Really good.
Here is Eli just 1 week and 2 days after surgery.
Oh how I love to see his pink, pink lips!
2 comments:
I'm so glad that I found your blog. I'm happy to see that your son is doing so well after surgery. I love all the pictures and the updates that you have done. My daughter also has tricuspid atresia and will be one year old next month. It's great to see other babies like her doing well. It really gives me hope that everything will be ok. Thank you!
Shannie....I love this post. I love his pink lips too. So grateful I was able to come and spend so much time with him. Thanks for always trusting me to do whatever Grammie wants to do. :)
You and Matt have been so strong during all of this. You have been a good example to me. Love you!
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