... we go back to Duke for a pediatric cardiology appointment and echo for the first time in 10.5 months. This will be our first unsedated echo too!
We last went in October 2007 when Jacob was 14 months old. At that time, the echo showed the surgical result was about as good as you could hope for.
We have no reason to expect anything but great news tomorrow. We are seeing a new doctor, Dr. Rhodes. We previously saw Dr. Delaney, but he has since left Duke. Both Dr. Delaney & Dr. Rhodes were there on Jacob's admission at about 3 hours old and both performed his catheterization / balloon septostomy an hour or so later.
Anyway, please keep us in your thoughts & prayers tomorrow!
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Jacob was born on 8/1/06 at 2:27 a.m, weighing 6 lbs., 9 oz. and 19.75 inches in length. He had a little surprise for us. He had a heart defect known as D-Transposition of the Great Arteries. Fortunately, we live close to one of the best places in the world to fix a broken heart and Jacob had his first helicopter ride at only three hours old to Duke U. Medical Center. After an echocardiogram, he was formally diagnosed with TGA, and a balloon septostomy was performed to put a hole between the atria of his heart to allow the oxygenated blood to mix with the non-oxygenated blood. After recovering for several days, he had open heart surgery - the Arterial Switch Operation on August 7, 2006 by Dr. Jaggers. Following a week's stay in the PICU and some issues with a collapsed lung, he was moved to the pediatric floor. We stayed there another 3-4 days and Jacob was released on August 16, 2006.
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- I'm Jacob's mom, and a "heart" mom, as Jacob was born in Aug 2006 with Transposition of the Great Arteries. He is doing great & I like to blog about his adventures!
3 comments:
We have our yearly appointment in October so I am starting to feel what you must be feeling. Not really nervous, because we are also expecting good test results, but just the anticipation that they *might* tell us something we were not aware of.
We will be thinking of you guys tomorrow and praying for a wonderful report.
hugs & prayers,
Christina & TGA heart buddy Jacob D.
Hope all is well today! I'll be anxious to hear the good report. xoxox
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