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.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
With illness comes blood tests. After five painful and unsuccessful tries by several nurses, Becky and Nancy (the Nurse Manager) saved the day by getting this IV into his head. This access allowed the nurses to run tests and administer medications.
It's very hard for the nurses, too...
ReplyDeletethey don't like to inflict pain on babies either...
they tried so hard... and we appreciate them!