The Norwood

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 and creating a new flow to the lungs along with a host of other redirections, separations and incisions. We stayed in the hospital only two weeks. The doctors was quite pleased with his recovery and we were sent home with a daily routine of giving him a daily medication regime, monitor his oxygen levels daily (it couldn’t drop below 70%) and his weight. By following this daily routine we increased his chances of survival.