An Update on my Newborn's upcoming surgery

[Weatherwarrior]

Hey everyone, We spoke to the cardiologist yesterday and the will be operating on my son by Wednesday next week. He is currently at the Cardiac intensive Care unit at Miami Childres Hospital.

His Diagnosis is Tetralogy of Fallot and a Double outlet Ventricle. The Surgery is 4 hours long and will be open heart. I keep you guys updated as time passes.

Thanks to all for your support.

John

here sre some pics from the CICU here

 

[beefycheddar]

Good luck and god bless your family.

 

[crowhop]

What is his name?

 

[boomo]

this saddens me so.
i hope all goes smoothly, what a cute kid.
please keep us updated

 

[MojoDan]

again, prayers and well wishes to you and the family...

 

[chuckbartowski]

He'll be in my thoughts John...hope it goes well.

 

[fengzhang]

The Tetralogy of Fallot is pretty gnarly. But, you can never underestimate the power of medicine. Good luck.

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

Keep strong brother, keep strong.

 

[archiebunkerjr]

The Tetralogy of Fallot is pretty gnarly. But, you can never underestimate the power of medicine. Good luck.

I will second that. Never underestimate the power of medicine. It is amazing the work that heart doctors can do nowadays. And as equally important, never underestimate the resiliency of infants. You wouldn't think a human under 10 pounds can put up a good fight but they definitely do.

I can relate to what you are going through. When my first child was born, her small intestines were jumbled up so bad that nothing could pass through. She would feed and then black junk would come out through her nose minutes later. The doctors successfully operated on her. This sounds stupid but I appreciated changing her diapers every time until she grew out of them. Now she is eight years old and has me wrapped around her finger.

Best of luck to you, your wife and most of all your son. Hopefully, this bad time now will allow you to appreciate the better times that are ahead even more.

 

[daveyou]

john, congrats on your newborn and best wishes to you and to your family for the upcoming procedure

dave

 

[Weatherwarrior]

Guys His Name is

Noah Franklin Chavers

and while the tetraology is pretty bad it is the most fixable congenial heart poroblem. I know it seems bad but this hospital does about 200 of these a year down here for this problem with a 98% sucess rate.

Its a blessing that I work only minutes from a hospital that specializes in these operations.

 

[mredsox89]

Guys His Name is

Noah Franklin Chavers

and while the tetraology is pretty bad it is the most fixable congenial heart poroblem. I know it seems bad but this hospital does about 200 of these a year down here for this problem with a 98% sucess rate.

Its a blessing that I work only minutes from a hospital that specializes in these operations.

I wish you and your family the best.

 

[gregbara]

Best wishes, I will keep you and your son in my thoughts, here's to a speedy recovery !

 

[Benson]

John,
Best of luck, hope everything goes well. My 7-year old came home last night from Children's Hospital in DC after spending the better part of the past 5 days in hospitals. I can empathize with how you are feeling. Children's Hospital tend to be top notch so you are at the right place.

 

[pghbuccos]

my thoughts are with you and your family. it's good to know that he is in great care and the success rate is so high.

 

[gvsu96]

John,

We'll be keeping Noah and the rest of the family in our thoughts.


Josh

 

[Billy Packer]

It sounds like you're in good hands John. Best wishes and prayers to you and your family.

Bill

 

[DaleMurphyCollector]

Good luck with everyting John. I'll be thinking about you & Noah. The time to enjoy your little one at home is just around the corner.

 

[steve-a-reno]

Good luck to Noah and you guys. Will be thinking of you.

 

[70Chip]

John, my best wishes to Noah and your family during this time. Keep the faith and before you know it he will have you up at 3 a.m. changing and feeding !!!!!!

Again, my best thoughts and wishes and I look forward to the good updates.

Jim