I've decided not to try and catch up! This is Canon Joy in pictures.....
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We've Come a Long Way Baby!
Canon Joy 3 days old |
Canon Joy had her first heart surgery on August 24th, 2012. She was 2 1/2 months old and she weighed 5 pounds.
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| Getting Some Snuggles with Daddy before Surgery |
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| Getting some Grammy time before surgery |
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| Papa visits with Canon before Surgery |
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This is the first day Canon could Breath
9/06/12 |
Canon ended up having a PDA ligation (basically, they closed of a duct that was open and letting blood flow from the pulmonary artery into the aorta) The surgery went great but afterwards Canon got a pseudomonas infection from the tubing used to intubate her. The infection caused her throat to swell almost completely shut and she could not breath. The doctors gave her round after round of steroids followed by breathing treatments every hour, it was painful to watch her struggling to breath for over 13 days......this little girl is my HERO! Her airway was literally the size of a needle, she dealt with that for 13 days before they figured out what was going on and she got some relief!
As soon as Canon was on the mend we were able to move her to our home hospital, Queen of the Valley in West Covina.
Canon Joy spent a total of 115 days in the NICU; 3 months at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and 1 month at Queen of the Valley in West Covina
On October 8, 2012 Canon came HOME.
Yes, we're aware that our daughter resembles a gangster.....you try taking a red head out in the sun for the first time!!
