The BIG news of the day is that our little friend Noah is resting good in the PCICU tonight after going through what I believe is his fourth open heart surgery to get the Fontan procedure done. Noah had a long day starting at about 5:30AM. His mom has done a great job of keeping us updated via Noah’s CarePage. She has even posted a few pictures of him. He was still on the respirator as of her last post. He is being put on lasix to help with fluid build up. Lasix is a diuretic given as a standard for just about every heart surgery. Caden is still on lasix from his surgery back on June 15th. Please continue to lift Noah and his family up to the Lord in your prayers. Please pray specifically for a rapid and smooth recovery for Noah.
Caden is still recovering well from his surgery. He has been cleared for just about every normal activity except the water park and other pool type activities. The doctors want all of his surgery wounds to scar over before being submerged in water, especially in a community pool setting. We did break out the kiddie pools here at home yesterday, but made sure Caden did not get in above his waist. The only cut that has not scarred over is the one on his back where they went in to cut the artery going to his left arm. That cut is in a spot that moves a bunch. It also gets rubbed on when he lays down on his back. The scab even broke loose on that one a little bit on Friday evening and it started bleeding. It made for a little excitement just before the final session of the Growing Kids God’s Way class we we have been hosting in our home since January. It was nothing a bandage and some tape couldn’t fix. We took Caden in Monday just to get the incision looked at and to get him something for the congestion he has battled for a few weeks now.
Other than that, all is well. Oh yeah, I have posted a few (21) pictures. Two of the pictures are a little graphic in that they show Caden’s surgery wounds, so please be aware of that fact in the event the medical stuff makes you queasy. I added them so you could see just what was done during the recent surgery. Oh yeah, HERE are the pictures.
Please pray for my little VW Jetta. It went into the car hospital on Friday with an high fever and a runny hose. It was transferred from the local car hospital (garage) to the VW specialist in Mt. Pleasant on Monday to get cooling system surgery. I should get it back tomorrow after the special order part arrives and is installed. They will have to pressure test the system one more time after replacing the leaky part. I am told by the dealer that if the water pump is bad as expected by the local garage, the 100,000 mile warranty on that year model should cover it. The car has over 99,000 miles on it right now. How’s that for timing? Coincidence? NO WAY!!! God knows exactly what he is doing even with my little VW.
May God’s blessings be with you and your family. Just trust in Him.