Natalie did awesome during her heart cath! The cath itself lasted about 2 hours or at least she was gone from us for 2 hours. Dr. Zellers said everything looked great in terms of her being a perfect candidate for her next surgery, the fontan. Dr. Zellers went in through her groan area and her neck, so she has two little incisions and she had two places on her hand where the IVs were, one the missed and the other hand actually had the IV.
Post cath was a little interesting. There is nothing like keeping a 3 year old still for 4 hours. The nurse told us, she has to keep her leg totally still for 4 hours, if she started bleeding again from the spot of the incision the 4 hours would start over...needless to say, Larry and I were determine to keep her leg still.
Natalie did great though! We quickly downloaded the Wiggles on the ipad and got the joy of watching it 5 times; I know you all are jealous (same video by the way). Of course, Natalie cried out off and on, but for the most time she was a trooper. It was not until we finally set her up, that we almost had a problem. When we set her up for the first time, it looked like she was about to throw up and then the second time we tried, she turned stark white. However, third time was a charm in this case.
By the time we left, she was chatting up the nurse and doctor like she was totally fine. Poor thing though, passed out in the car, she fought it all day to stay awake. We stayed in Dallas Monday night to be safe, plus we did not leave the hospital until 3:45pm. Natalie was asleep by 7pm and it did not take more than 30 seconds to go to sleep. She is doing great overall, still a little tired and cranky.
I wanted to thank everyone for all the prayers and support, we would not be where we are today without you all. I also wanted to thank my brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew for entertaining Carter Sunday night and all day Monday. He had a blast with you all!
I also ask you all to start praying for us and the doctors as we move closer to Natalie's surgery, which is the first of October. Pray for God's comfort to be poured over my family and for the surgeons and staff at Children's who will be doing the surgery and taking care of Natalie post surgery.
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| Natalie prior to heart cath; happy as can be for 6am |
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| I know this is a bit hard to see, but she is so upset because we took her Minnie pjs off and put her in the hospital gown |
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| Natalie and Daddy in pre-opt Finally got her okay with the hospital gown, but she kept asking for her Minnie pjs the whole time |
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| Natalie post heart cath, chillin watching the Wiggles on the ipad I would like to point out that Natalie has her Minnie shirt on. She asked for it right after she woke up, too funny |
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| My brave little girl post heart cath |
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