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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The last minute shuffle
Read more: The last minute shuffleWith all the chaos going on before we leave (I’m looking at you refrigerator that decided to break down yesterday 😑) what’s a little last minute date shuffle? Received the call this morning that the surgery date has been moved from Friday (June 23rd) to Thursday (22nd). Looks like we won’t make Legoland before surgery…
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What’s life without a little chaos
Read more: What’s life without a little chaosIt’s the 10 day count down! Things here have been super busy. Lots of end of school year activities, last minute appointments and getting everyone ready for us leaving. We’ve been trying our hardest to keep Katja’s day to day as normal as possible but with the heat and her heart, she’s been pretty tired/crabby.…
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Echos of the Heart
Read more: Echos of the HeartLatest Heart Echo update
Confessions of a Mended Heart 