As always, Katja is unstoppable 🤗She’s being discharged early. She was up within 2hrs of surgery walking around the unit yesterday. She’s eating great , pain is minimal and she’s in good spirits. So she gets to come home today. She is such a Warrior 💪🏻
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Welcome to Katja’s blog. A place for information, updates and our “laugh instead of cry” humor of living with a child with CHD (Congenital Heart Defects). Take a seat and prepare for a long emotional journey of our ups and downs. Feel free to browse posts about Katja, her heart and her previous surgeries. Newest updates are available below:
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Losing Faith
Read more: Losing FaithUpdate: Heart arrived and it wasn’t good enough for transplant. Katja’s surgery was cancelled and we are back to waiting 😔
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Pins N Needles
Read more: Pins N NeedlesReceived a call this morning to be “on alert” as a “potential” heart has been found. It’s in bound. The team needs to ensure it’s “good for transplant” if it is, surgery would be tomorrow or Friday. Pray extra hard, that this is it and not a false alarm. This poor kid can’t go through…
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When Stars Align
Read more: When Stars AlignTo say the last 3 weeks have been absolutely insane would be an understatement. We arrived in North Carolina to be greeted by Tropical Storm Chantel and multiple days of thunderstorms after. With all the flooding in the area and hotel issues, we were forced to move hotels, not once but twice in the span…
Confessions of a Mended Heart 