Thursday, April 24, 2008

Passing Time

The one good thing about being in the PICU is that it forces us to relax!

Owen LOVES his bouncy seat. Check out his red bull in the background... this is Snort and Owen loves him.
Kamryn loves to rock Owen and watch spongebob. As you can see.. it holds Owen's attention as well.
When Owen cries... she hands him back and plays her DS.

Today they did an echo and I was able to see the leaky tricupsid valve and possible ways they can patch it up. I also was able to see his xray so I had an idea of how swollen his heart really is... it's pretty severe. We can only pray that this operation will help his heart function better... we're not ready to consider transplantation yet.

2 comments:

Scott McMillan said...

we will be praying for little Owen. For us, the Glenn was a miracle surgery. Tyler was a different boy before and after. I know that little Owen is going to do great and you are going to see a huge improvement.

Heart Mommy said...

I am so sorry.. Wow he sounds a lot like Alex.. Tricuspid leak and everything... They banded his and did the Glenn at the same time... He also had to have some pulmonary reconstruction durring this surgery... But we considered transplant too.. It was amazing how the Glenn took the preasure off of the RV... And it was able to function better... He still has some pumping issues and he is still leaky but not as much and he is doing great!!! He ended up staying in the hospital longer than a typical Glenn.... So we hope Owen does the same or better... We will say an extra little prayer for our buddy...