Mandy isdoing well, but lots of challanges ahead
Wednesday, den 27. February 2008Hey Guys, Just a quick update on Mandy. She is dong pretty well at the moment. We saw her today and she is definitely gaining weight. Her weight is 7 pounds 7 ounces. She is still on the ventilator. They plan to let her rest while she grows. They are increasing her calories every day. The [...]
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Mandy is still fighting
Monday, den 25. February 2008Hey Guys We had a little setback. Friday they decided to take Mandy off of the breathing machine. Unfortunately, early Saturday morning, her stats started dropping and she coded. The doctors decided to put her on the breathing machine and she is doing better now. They dont plan to try to take her off for [...]
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Mandy’s Second Surger Successful! Praise God!
Tuesday, den 19. February 2008Hey Guys Mandy is doing great. It turned out the original patch they used came loose. So they repatched the original hole and a new one they found Both are BSDs. Fortunately the one they were worried about in the muscle area is very small, and did not require any attention. They also did some [...]
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Mandy’s Second Surgery Complete
Tuesday, den 19. February 2008Hey Guys, Mandy is back from surgery. From what we understand everything went well. We havent heard from the doctors yet. We’ll update everything when we know more. Thanks for all the prayers. We are not out of the woods yet. The PA told us that the first 24-48 hours could be pretty dicey. So [...]
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Second Surgery So Far So Good
Tuesday, den 19. February 2008Hey Guys,They took Mandy back about 7:45am Its about 10:40 am, and the nurse just told us that she is on the heart lung machine. So far things are going well. Teresa and I have a supernatural peace about this. We know that God is intervening. Thank You Lord. Please continue to pray, and we [...]
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Mandy’s Second Surgery
Tuesday, den 19. February 2008Hey Guys, I have another update. Mandy is going back for her second heart surgery later today, Feb 19 at 7am. When the doctors closed the BSD holes in the first surgery, they noticed several other holes that they were hoping would close on their own. Unfortunately one of the holes has gotten larger, and [...]
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Mandy’s Procedure Successful
Wednesday, den 13. February 2008Hey Guys, zIts about 5:25pm and the doctor just called me. Mandy’s catheterization went well and she is recovering nicely. They found two more medium sized holes in her heart that are allowing a significant blood flow to go to the lungs which is what is causing her lungs to be stiff, which is effecting her breathing and [...]
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Another Mandy Update
Tuesday, den 12. February 2008I have another Mandy Update. They ran some tests today, and determined that there is not any extra fluid around her heart. So this is not the reason why she is having trouble breathing. So the doctors have decided to do a Cardiac Catheterization, so they can check the pressure in the heart, and check [...]
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A little setback
Monday, den 11. February 2008Hey Guys,I have a quick update on Mandy. They were noticing that her blood pressure was really low last night. So they took her off of feedings. This morning they noticed that she was having a lot of trouble breathing. So they tried putting her on CPAP which she didn’t tolerate well at all. So [...]
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Back to the Cardiac Unit
Tuesday, den 5. February 2008Hey Guys, Just wanted to let you know that Mandy was transferred back to the Cardiac ICU. She was having some trouble breathing. So they had to put the breathing tube back in. This happened Thursday night. the next day, The doctors did an ultrasound on Mandy’s heart, and noticed that the heart was enlarged, which [...]
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