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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And now our watch begins
Read more: And now our watch beginsWe have a very long night ahead but she’s stable and doing really well.
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home Is where the heart is but our hearts are with her
Read more: home Is where the heart is but our hearts are with herKatja had a lot of calcification in her Ozaki, along with some issues that were not addressed in her previous surgeries (one of her pulmonary branch arteries has been blocked since birth apparently). Dr Baird had to remove everything and start over for both her aortic and pulmonary repairs, thus the extended time today. When…
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the Beat goes on
Read more: the Beat goes onKatja is off Bypass! We are waiting on the update from her surgeon now. Hopefully she’ll be closed up and in recovery in the next 2hrs. I’ll update as soon as her Dr talks to us.
Confessions of a Mended Heart 