Blood Pressure

Theo is having a little trouble controlling his blood pressure tonight.  When it goes up, it goes high enough to get the attention of the nurses.  The rise in BP could be due to him being in pain or it could be a sign of an issue with his heart.
Good news is that his swelling has gone down which means he isn't retaining so much fluid any more.


Take a look at this picture though, he looks just perfect doesn't he!?!

Extubation...

The doctors have taken out Theo's breathing tube and he is doing well breathing on his own. They are still working on making him more comfortable but he seems to be recovering well.

Tubes...

It looks like the doctors are going to take the breathing tube out either Saturday or Sunday.
Theo is still retaining a little too much fluid so he looks a little swollen today. The doctors are going to continue giving him diuretics to help flush the fluids out of him.

Another baby step that they are going to attempt today will be to start giving him food into his stomach.  They are putting in the feeding tube now.   Woo Hoo for Theo!!!

Baby steps

Theo had a little bit of trouble with his urine output yesterday but is doing better today. He seems to be going in the right direction.
The next few days will be filled with small victories but they are all really important to getting Theo home again soon.

Picture Perfect...

These are just a few pictures of Theo taken over his first 10 weeks...

After his first surgery

Doesn't get much cuter than this!

Day 1 Post-Op

Even with the little trouble the doctors had with Theo's blood pressure last night, he has done well today.

The doctors were originally going to extubate Theo today but have decided to wait another day.  (They extubated him a little too early after the first surgery and had to put the tube back in).

Surgery day

                                                               Just before surgery

Theo went into surgery at 7am on the 7th. It was expected to be about an 8 hour surgery. During the surgery, the doctor removed the aortic valve, put the pulmonary valve in its place and then replaced that one with a valve from cadaver.  This was a much more complicated than the first surgery but once again, Theo was very strong and came through even better than expected. 

The doctors had a little but of trouble getting Theo's blood pressure stable overnight but finally got that worked out and he has been doing well today.