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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ADHD and Heart kids
Read more: ADHD and Heart kidsChildren that have gone under bypass are 5 times more likely to develop ADHD.
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Unforeseen Complications. What is Post Pump Chorea?
Read more: Unforeseen Complications. What is Post Pump Chorea?Complication. It’s a word no parent ever wants to hear after surgery.
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What is an Ozaki? Katja’s 2nd OHS was complicated.
Read more: What is an Ozaki? Katja’s 2nd OHS was complicated.During an Ozaki procedure the diseased aortic valve leaflets are removed, and a new aortic valve is recreated by sewing the leaflets into the aortic valve, providing a new functioning valve.
Confessions of a Mended Heart 