Corwin recovered very quickly from his first stage heart surgery and we were able to enjoy our little man. He had special milk to help him gain weight for his next operation , and he had medication for reflux.
In December 2007, at nearly 7 months old, Corwin had a heart catherisation (key hole surgery) to meassure his lung pressures and perform an angiogram (dye injected into the heart to get a clear picture of it's anatomy). Again we had to kiss our little boy goodbye which seemed just as hard as before. Corwin suffered a heart block during the procedure but thankfully they were able to get his heart rate steady very quickly. He recovered quickly and was home two days later! What a star!
The results of the catherisation were that Corwin needed his second stage soon. On Febraury 19th 2007 we kissed our boy goodbye as he was put to sleep yet again. It was harder than before as this was by far the riskiest surgery he had gone through. His heart would be stopped and he would be put on a heart lung machine. This surgery would reroute his upper body blood straight to his lungs and widen one of his holes.
This surgery was not as straight forward as planned. Corwin had very high lung pressures during surgery( dangerous for this type of surgery). They also struggled to get Corwin off the heart lung bypass machine.
We saw our little man, full of wires on life support , 7 hours later. He looked so poorly.
After a few days it was clear that he was not getting better. He had a nasty chest infection and fluid on his heart, brain, liver and lungs. His head was very swollen. He was not breathing for himself. He was unable to move his left side and had seizures. The doctors belived he had suffered a stroke.
After three long weeks, Corwin was well enough to come home. His recovery had been slower than expected, but considering the set backs, he had done very well.
We were so proud of our little fighter!
In December 2007, at nearly 7 months old, Corwin had a heart catherisation (key hole surgery) to meassure his lung pressures and perform an angiogram (dye injected into the heart to get a clear picture of it's anatomy). Again we had to kiss our little boy goodbye which seemed just as hard as before. Corwin suffered a heart block during the procedure but thankfully they were able to get his heart rate steady very quickly. He recovered quickly and was home two days later! What a star!
The results of the catherisation were that Corwin needed his second stage soon. On Febraury 19th 2007 we kissed our boy goodbye as he was put to sleep yet again. It was harder than before as this was by far the riskiest surgery he had gone through. His heart would be stopped and he would be put on a heart lung machine. This surgery would reroute his upper body blood straight to his lungs and widen one of his holes.
This surgery was not as straight forward as planned. Corwin had very high lung pressures during surgery( dangerous for this type of surgery). They also struggled to get Corwin off the heart lung bypass machine.
We saw our little man, full of wires on life support , 7 hours later. He looked so poorly.
After a few days it was clear that he was not getting better. He had a nasty chest infection and fluid on his heart, brain, liver and lungs. His head was very swollen. He was not breathing for himself. He was unable to move his left side and had seizures. The doctors belived he had suffered a stroke.
After three long weeks, Corwin was well enough to come home. His recovery had been slower than expected, but considering the set backs, he had done very well.
We were so proud of our little fighter!
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