Jul 6 2010
3 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 92 3 Since Qadar’s Fontan Procedure in April we were in and out of the hospital, a good 3 – 4 times for having to get chest tubes for the pleural and chylous effusions I shared with you in that section. When we went back to the […]
Apr 23 2010
Qadar checking out the tigers on his hospital gown ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 35 We arrived at Children’s Memorial Hospital about 6:30 this morning in preparation for his last, hopefully, surgery for a while – the Fontan. The Fontan is the final stage of the 3-Stage process of restructuring his heart. To […]
Nov 7 2009
I called his cardiologist October 31, 2007, because I was concerned that his hands and feet were swollen. He also had swelling under his eyes. Without hesitation he had me come it in, during testing it was discovered that he was in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and once again, we were admitted immediately, do not […]
Dec 13 2007
When we returned, December 13, 2007, for our follow-up appointment, guess what, we were once again, admitted immediately. Do not pass go, go directly to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) because he did not improve. In fact it was determined that he needed a pacemaker. It was known that he would eventually need one at […]
Oct 16 2006
First, let’s let the internets explain what a pseudoaneurysm is: “A pseudoaneurysm, also termed a false aneurysm, is a leakage of arterial blood from an artery into the surrounding tissue with a persistent communication between the originating artery and the resultant adjacent cavity. This may occur after arterial puncture for a diagnostic cardiac catheterization or an […]
Sep 1 2006
On September 1, 2006 he underwent his first procedure – the Norwood. The Norwood, considered the most complex and the riskiest, offers a 75% survival rate. This procedure has to be done within days of birth because the heart cannot pump blood to the body. The procedure entailed disrupting the blood flow to the lungs […]
Jul 8 2010
Compartment Syndrome
Picking up from where I left off when sharing this in the Cardiac Arrest section. Over the course of weeks, he went through the healing regime of this condition. He went through the debridement (the process of removing nonliving tissue from pressure ulcers, burns, and other wounds). This was done to speed up the healing […]
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