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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I Believe
Read more: I BelieveShe believed and so she did 💪🏻❤️
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A Feisty Warrior
Read more: A Feisty WarriorIt’s been a long night. I haven’t slept more than 3hrs in the last 3 days. Katja had a bumpy night. Her body is still having a hard time purging the additional CO2 from Bypass. Her blood gases have been really high all night. With all her rejection meds, steroids and epi her glucose was…
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The Long Night
Read more: The Long NightWe have a long night ahead of us… But she’s already breaking through sedation and complaining about her mask squishing her nose. She is already extubated, pace wires are in but so far not needed. Some of her blood work is a little high and we’ll spend the evening getting that in order but she’s…
Confessions of a Mended Heart 