A fellow blogger has commented that Baby Einstein is like "crack to babies". With Matthew it is no different. When the DVD goes in he begins to squeal!. Look how the colors, shapes, and puppets mesmerize him.
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2 weeks before he was born ~ we did not know of his defect until he was 4 days old
4lbs 1oz ~ born at 32 weeks
"Unifocalization" ~ 9 hours by Dr. Frank Hanley
Chest was open for 4 days ~ hence the gauze on top
Still on a ventilator (remained on vent for another few weeks)
Mask would assist him to breathe in and out
Waiting for the surgery team to take him off
And still he smiles...
Happy day ~ Look no oxygen!
So much to be thankful for!
One boy's long road to recovery. Matthew was born two months premature with a rare fourfold heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and MAPCA's, and Ventricular Septal Defect. He's had two open heart surgeries and will need additional heart surgeries in the future. To appreciate the absolute miracle of this "3 plus million dollar boy", you'd need to look into the "Archives" beginning after his first 9 hr open heart surgery at Stanford, August 2005.
First picture
2 weeks before he was born ~ we did not know of his defect until he was 4 days old
Day of birth ~ May 10th, 2005
4lbs 1oz ~ born at 32 weeks
Day of first surgery ~ July "05
"Unifocalization" ~ 9 hours by Dr. Frank Hanley
After first surgery
Chest was open for 4 days ~ hence the gauze on top
Chest was just closed
Still on a ventilator (remained on vent for another few weeks)
BiPap mask
Mask would assist him to breathe in and out
Getting ready for second surgery
Waiting for the surgery team to take him off
After second surgery
And still he smiles...
Leaving Stanford after second surgery
Happy day ~ Look no oxygen!
Happy Days
So much to be thankful for!
To view more pictures of Matthew while at Stanford, you can expand the year of 2005 by first clicking on the arrow, then the month. He was at Stanford from July thru September of 2005. Matthew was transferred back to Sunrise hospital where he stayed until the end of October 2005.
His second open heart surgery at Stanford was March 16th of 2006.
We've been told he'll need a conduit change, on average, every three years. We are hoping technology will be on our side.
He's our amazing little soldier boy. Our miracle.
His second open heart surgery at Stanford was March 16th of 2006.
We've been told he'll need a conduit change, on average, every three years. We are hoping technology will be on our side.
He's our amazing little soldier boy. Our miracle.
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6 comments:
Yes, it was "the Brian" who said the "Story of the Turtle"...
he has a little one .. so he KNOWS!
Okay.. I screwed that all up...
is was "the Brian" OF the SotT
who said that....
Matthew is intrigued by all the characters in the Baby Einstein series. Walt Disney surely knows how to capture the hearts and the "minds" of these little ones.
Matthew loves to have someone watch them with him. He gets so excited and appears to understand what they are doing. I have never observed a child stay so focused and attentive for so long. The music is very soothing to everyone within ear shot.
Baby Einstein certainly captures the "child within" me and it feels good!!!! ha ha
Love you my sweet little grandson, grandma wright
The Baby Einstein DVD's I have seen so far are so wonderful. I can see why Matthew is so interested in them. The music is very soothing and the characters are so interesting. Grandma Wright got him the whole series and I think he will have many years of enjoyment. Plus he is learning so much.
It is so great to see him having fun and learning so much.
I love you Matthew. Grandma Sue
Liam gets in the daze too with all his baby einstein DVDs. that quote "crack for babies" made me laugh... what a good way of putting it!!! I used to wonder if it WAS good for him because NOTHING else puts him in that state of AWE!
Hee hee...
I got a kick out of the "baby crack" statement myself!!
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