Jackson was born August 2008 with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a rare congenital heart defect affecting the left ventrical and aorta. Three days after he was born he had the first of three open heart surgeries at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT. In January 2009 he had his 2nd surgery, the Glenn, and in May 2012 he had his third open heart surgery, the Fontan. He is currently doing great and you would hardly know he's anything but perfectly healthy. He's sweet, cute, and as wonderful as they come and such a joy in our lives.
We just met with Dr. Kaza and he said everything went as planned which is as good as it gets. He's extabated and in the CICU now. We can go back to see him in about 45 minutes.
I am so relieved to hear he is out of surgery and doing well. Here is to a speedy recovery! Thank you for the thoughtful gift bag. I will have the kids open their gifts on our way, but I did see the gift card and that is truly so thoughtful--I cried. Sorry the gravy was super bland last night. I forget that "fat free" usually means flavor free too, I didn't think of that when I took dinner over. Oops! Anyway, here is to happy days ahead and no more dinners from the neighbor on a diet. :)
Hooray, Good job Jack!! Jenna keeps asking about Jack. She wouldn't stop looking at the blog to finish her lunch. She saw the valentine pictures and asked why Jack and Tyler had "owwies" all over their faces.
Extabated already? That's fantastic. Hurray for Jack. I'm so glad the surgery went well. I've been thinking about you guys all week, today especially. Many hugs to you. Hopefully you can breathe a little sigh of relief and get more rest tonight. Now on to a speedy recovery!!!
A big sigh of relief!!! Thanks to our Heavenly Father for gifted surgeons who have the skills to do extraordinary things. And of coarse to the wonderful, kind, and loving nurses who take care of us when we can't. After watching the video you posed it's amazing to think that all that can be done. Jack is so blessed to have such wonderful parents.
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Yay! Glad he's done! When I told Paisley he was done, she said, "Oh, good. Was he brave?" I said, "Yep! He was very brave!" :)
I am so relieved to hear he is out of surgery and doing well. Here is to a speedy recovery! Thank you for the thoughtful gift bag. I will have the kids open their gifts on our way, but I did see the gift card and that is truly so thoughtful--I cried. Sorry the gravy was super bland last night. I forget that "fat free" usually means flavor free too, I didn't think of that when I took dinner over. Oops! Anyway, here is to happy days ahead and no more dinners from the neighbor on a diet. :)
Hooray,
Good job Jack!!
Jenna keeps asking about Jack. She wouldn't stop looking at the blog to finish her lunch. She saw the valentine pictures and asked why Jack and Tyler had "owwies" all over their faces.
Extabated already? That's fantastic. Hurray for Jack. I'm so glad the surgery went well. I've been thinking about you guys all week, today especially. Many hugs to you. Hopefully you can breathe a little sigh of relief and get more rest tonight. Now on to a speedy recovery!!!
A big sigh of relief!!! Thanks to our Heavenly Father for gifted surgeons who have the skills to do extraordinary things. And of coarse to the wonderful, kind, and loving nurses who take care of us when we can't. After watching the video you posed it's amazing to think that all that can be done. Jack is so blessed to have such wonderful parents.
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