Sarah had her surgery a few weeks ago and everything went well. Dr. Aziz and the team were able to place the defibrillator in a pocket they made in her skin above her heart. Then they put her heart into a fast rhythm and the defibrillator worked by shocking her heart back to a normal rhythm. Thank goodness she was asleep for all of that! She goes back in a few weeks just for them to check the device. This device also paces her heart at night so it will not go below 40 beats a minute anymore.
Jacob had his cath done too. He came back with a ZERO rejection! Dr. Boyle was very pleased as were we :) They also have him down to just 6 different medications a day. Eventually he should only be on 3. Jacob goes back for a full cath on July 21st, 4 days before his 1 year anniversary with his new heart. :)
Colleen called to let us know that the donor's family wrote a letter to us! We are anxiously waiting for the letter to arrive, we will finally know who gave Jacob their heart!
So happy to hear surgery went well! Hard to believe Jacob is almost near his one year anniversary! Wow! So happy!
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I would have been on Pens and Needles waiting for that letter to :)
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