tainkc wrote:
Well, who knows? We do learn a little bit more of what we can do about things when situations like this arise. I bet that only 20 years ago, the odds of this baby making it this far, were far less. The doctors are already planning in great detail as to what to do about her heart. She will need another operation. They are hoping that inserting a balloon will do the trick in order to make a rather small opening larger for better blood flow. Less invasive and safer.
My wife is a retired OR Tech, then lab RN, then Surgical RN and at the end OR Charge Nurse. She saw a lot of progress during her career. They used to send someone to relieve her in the OR to go to another OR when they had a baby because she was the best they had at inserting IVs etc in the tiny ones. Some of the doctors and nurses didn't even like to do that, so "Send for Debra". A couple of times on her day off they called her because a baby was admitted and needed a procedure immediately.
From your images and text the one thing I can say for certain: No matter what the outcome that little one has an abundance of love and care!