Baby Ethan Miracle Baby
Posted Oct 13, 2011 1:54am
Ethan Matthew Juarez was born on Monday, October 10th at 11:24pm. He weighed in at 6 lbs 10 oz and measured in at 21 inches. The NICU staff was in the delivery room when he was born and there was a section in the delivery room with equipment for Ethan. Right after he was born and the ambilical cord was cut the doctor handed Ethan to the NICU team to be assessed. They cleaned him and put a suction tube in his nose then let me hold him. I was able to hold him for a couple minutes and then he was whisked away to the NICU.
Ethan underwent tests immediately and the cardiologist was called in to do an echocardiogram. At about 1:00 in the morning Mike and I went over to the NICU to check on Ethan. Dr. Levy, the cardiologist was in with him conducting the echocardiogram and he had news for us that we were not expecting. It seems that the left ventricle grew more and was fully functioning!! He took away the diagnosis he had given Ethan of hypoplastic left heart syndrome and said that Ethan just had the VSD netween the two chambers and that he was having difficulty finding the valve that takes blood from the left side of the heart to the organs which he suspects is a narrowing of the valve.
He said that Ethan would be fine to undergo his stomach surgery the following day and wasnt sure what the xray showed on that end just that the information had been sent to Dr. Vasquez who would be performing the operation and should be contacting us the next morning. We heard from Dr. Vasquez around 11:00 and he had good news for us as well. He said that based on the xrays that he believed he could complete the actual surgery that day. He believed the gap was only the size of a vertebrae and he would be able to stitch the esophagus back together. Ethan went into surgery at about 2:45 pm and we were told it would last about 3 hours. My Dad and Stepmom came in time to meet Ethan prior to the surgery and stayed till it ended around 6:30. Dr. Vasquez told us that the surgery had gone well but that the disconnect was a little larger then he had anticipated and he was just barely able to connect the two ends together. He said that if Ethan moved to much or was moved to much that the connection could be easily severed so he placed Ethan in a medically induced coma and paralyzed him. He is going to keep Ethan like this till Saturday or Sunday. Ethan is currently intubated for his breathing, and has a PICC line in his head, but he still looks absolutely amazingly adorable to me.
Today they took him off the medication they had been giving him to keep the ductus in his heart open and they want to see how his geart functions on its own or if he'll need surgery on the valve to widden it or a graft. We should know more about his sweeet little heart in the next week or so.
Already God has worked wonders in this little man's life. I can say that my prayers have truly been answered and I am so grateful for the prayers and support of all of my friends, family and especially of my mom and Mike. Miracles really do happen and anything is possible with the power of prayer. Please keep little Ethan in your prayers. I will continue to post updates as we receive them.
XOXO-Renee
Ethan underwent tests immediately and the cardiologist was called in to do an echocardiogram. At about 1:00 in the morning Mike and I went over to the NICU to check on Ethan. Dr. Levy, the cardiologist was in with him conducting the echocardiogram and he had news for us that we were not expecting. It seems that the left ventricle grew more and was fully functioning!! He took away the diagnosis he had given Ethan of hypoplastic left heart syndrome and said that Ethan just had the VSD netween the two chambers and that he was having difficulty finding the valve that takes blood from the left side of the heart to the organs which he suspects is a narrowing of the valve.
He said that Ethan would be fine to undergo his stomach surgery the following day and wasnt sure what the xray showed on that end just that the information had been sent to Dr. Vasquez who would be performing the operation and should be contacting us the next morning. We heard from Dr. Vasquez around 11:00 and he had good news for us as well. He said that based on the xrays that he believed he could complete the actual surgery that day. He believed the gap was only the size of a vertebrae and he would be able to stitch the esophagus back together. Ethan went into surgery at about 2:45 pm and we were told it would last about 3 hours. My Dad and Stepmom came in time to meet Ethan prior to the surgery and stayed till it ended around 6:30. Dr. Vasquez told us that the surgery had gone well but that the disconnect was a little larger then he had anticipated and he was just barely able to connect the two ends together. He said that if Ethan moved to much or was moved to much that the connection could be easily severed so he placed Ethan in a medically induced coma and paralyzed him. He is going to keep Ethan like this till Saturday or Sunday. Ethan is currently intubated for his breathing, and has a PICC line in his head, but he still looks absolutely amazingly adorable to me.
Today they took him off the medication they had been giving him to keep the ductus in his heart open and they want to see how his geart functions on its own or if he'll need surgery on the valve to widden it or a graft. We should know more about his sweeet little heart in the next week or so.
Already God has worked wonders in this little man's life. I can say that my prayers have truly been answered and I am so grateful for the prayers and support of all of my friends, family and especially of my mom and Mike. Miracles really do happen and anything is possible with the power of prayer. Please keep little Ethan in your prayers. I will continue to post updates as we receive them.
XOXO-Renee
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