Mike reads to Matthew every night that he's home. This is a favorite time!!
Our little "cool Joe".
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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.
10 comments:
Oh, I love this picture! That will be another 8 x 10 I'll print. Now I have a Mommy & Matthew & Daddy & Matthew. Look at the loving look for Daddy.
Also, the "cool Joe" - love the glasses and love Matthew.
Love to all of you. Grandma Sue
You can just feel the tenderness between father and son in the top picture. When Michael is in Beaver working on the cabin, Matthew carries this book around with him. Maybe someday, Matthew will become a Supreme Court Judge.
The sunglasses picture just cracks me up. He knows he looks like a cool dude wearing them just like mommy and daddy. Matthew loves to go bye-bue and hang out with the adults. Just when I think he can't get any cuter, he does!!!
Love you my little Magoo, grandma wright
Uh, that's some serious reading! I'm impressed. What darling pictures!
Matthew your too cute!
and i want to read magoo's book review on Clarence Thomas soon....good grief!!! you are all amazing, i keep saying that, and you keep proving me correct!!!
Hugs to all! tell Casey i am thinking about him!!!
antinesi
Some light reading, I see.
Matthew is such a cutie! I love him in his sunglasses.
SUCH a cutie!!!
I'm glad that he likes books...my Christopher did not...and his grades were reflective of that attitude!
Glad we got to talk today...
have a fun weekend!!!
FUN..hear me...FUN!!
kathy
I love both pics - the first is such a classic father and son moment - it is awesome! The second photo just cracks me up.
HA! I love the reading material. He is getting so BIG! I can't believe it!!
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