Blog Upkeep

When you start a blog, you have grand plans of daily posts and lots of pictures.  Reality is that at the end of the day, you think you will just do it in the morning.  Then your pictures never leave your camera.  And if they do get downloaded to your computer, they never get printed.  It's just sad.  A blog just ends up being one of those things on your list of to-do's.  

So please be patient.  I am trying to keep up with it all, but it seems overwhelming at times.  Here comes a few new posts since we arrived in Birmingham...

SURGERY has been scheduled!

Robert's next open heart surgery is Wednesday, October 17th!  UAB called yesterday and said that it is on the books!

We will be in Birmingham on the 17th and then stay as long as it takes before discharge.  Surprisingly, if all goes well, Robert will not be in the hospital for very long.  It is amazing how fast these babies recover!

At this time, I think the surgery plan includes a partial repair and a conduit around the valve.  If you remember, the repair includes closing the VSD (hole between the bottom two chambers), removing the excess heart muscle on the bottom of the heart, and slightly moving the aorta.  Because of his coronary anomaly, they have discussed a conduit around the pulmonary valve instead of opening the valve to increase the size.  Of course, he went through this at 4 weeks old in July 2011 when we all thought he would have a complete repair...Instead, he came out with a BT Shunt and no repair.  So plans are just that...Plans!  We will see on the 17th...