(Gracie Ann at 3 hours old. The dark area on her face is a shadow not a bruse)
Jackie went into Kaiser for her weekly Non Stress Test on January 2 and was quickly transferred andadmitted to UCSF to be monitored 24 hours a day until it would be time to deliver the baby. This was due to lack of movement on the monitor during the NST. After a week on the monitors her fetal cardiologist Dr. Lisa Hornberger decided that it would be best to deliver her (at 33 weeks) rather than wait until she was 35-37 weeks like they had hoped to do.
Baby Grace was delivered by C-Section on January 8, 2007 at 33 weeks gestation. She weighed 6.5 pounds which is good for a preemie. She was taken to the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit where she was taken care of by Dr. Adatia. She also had her first surgery on Tuesday - a PDA ligation and they also did some work on her tricuspid valve. The surgery did not go as well as they had hoped and she was put in the ECLS machine (life support). The next day they tried to "bridge" her from the life support and she didreally well for about 20 minutes but they ended up putting her back on it. She had a few days of rest, and then they decided to do another procedure, this time they put a shunt in to help her get blood to her lungs - Dr. Azakai did both surgeries. On Jan 15th she had another procedure, acardiac cathaderization, and some tests to see if her lungs would function properly. It looks like they will but she needs time. Dr. Kent did this procedure. She was off the life support for2 and a half hours this time. It seems like she is slowly improving. Today they let her rest and tomorrow they will try to bridge her again and they will decide if they should put in a bigger shunt or not.
They did tell us that Baby Grace is a very difficult case and that they are running out of options. PLEASE PRAY FOR HER.
Jackie was discharged last Friday and Jax and Dave are now staying at the Ronald McDonald house in San Francisco. They have new cell phones and our numbers are: Jackie #925-813-9765 and David #925-813-9769. You can also leave a comment here for her.
Jackie doesn't get a chance to check email that often (They try to once a night but won't always be able to. There is only one computer for the whole house)
Blessings,David and Jackie Truhe
Baby Grace was delivered by C-Section on January 8, 2007 at 33 weeks gestation. She weighed 6.5 pounds which is good for a preemie. She was taken to the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit where she was taken care of by Dr. Adatia. She also had her first surgery on Tuesday - a PDA ligation and they also did some work on her tricuspid valve. The surgery did not go as well as they had hoped and she was put in the ECLS machine (life support). The next day they tried to "bridge" her from the life support and she didreally well for about 20 minutes but they ended up putting her back on it. She had a few days of rest, and then they decided to do another procedure, this time they put a shunt in to help her get blood to her lungs - Dr. Azakai did both surgeries. On Jan 15th she had another procedure, acardiac cathaderization, and some tests to see if her lungs would function properly. It looks like they will but she needs time. Dr. Kent did this procedure. She was off the life support for2 and a half hours this time. It seems like she is slowly improving. Today they let her rest and tomorrow they will try to bridge her again and they will decide if they should put in a bigger shunt or not.
They did tell us that Baby Grace is a very difficult case and that they are running out of options. PLEASE PRAY FOR HER.
Jackie was discharged last Friday and Jax and Dave are now staying at the Ronald McDonald house in San Francisco. They have new cell phones and our numbers are: Jackie #925-813-9765 and David #925-813-9769. You can also leave a comment here for her.
Jackie doesn't get a chance to check email that often (They try to once a night but won't always be able to. There is only one computer for the whole house)
Blessings,David and Jackie Truhe
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