To those affected by a heart defect:

Birthday Party

March 9, 2007 at 10:33 pm by Mom & Dad

Haven had a good day today.  She spent some time playing with mom and dad and catching up on some rest.  Since she had the chest tube replaced on her right side, both of the tubes have continued to drain.  Hopefully, if she feels better on Monday, she’ll be able to get back into the operating room to get that fluid taken care of.  Her white blood cell count is on the decline, so if she did have an infection she overcame it with the help of several antibiotics.  The cardioversion (the electric zap) appears to have fixed her heart’s atrial flutter for now.  She is on some medication that will hopefully keep things normal.  Mommy and Haven made a nice birthday card for daddy and gave it to him this morning.  We got a nice video of the birthday celebration with Haven handing the birthday card to daddy.  Of course, she liked holding on to the card so much, that it took a bit of coaxing to get her to let go of it!  Hopefully we can get that up on the website soon for you all to enjoy. 

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  1. G.G. Uncle Virgil 'n Aunt Bonnie Says:

    What a great birthday for daddy to have his daughter hand him a card! You too are making such special memories for Haven to look back on. We love seeing the new pictures. We’ll be thinking of you all on Monday ‘n praying for good results after surgery. She is one little trooper and so are mommy ‘n daddy. Love, Virgil ‘n Bonnie

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