Hello to everyone once again. I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful sunshine this week!
On Thursday we went back to Sick Kids for a check-up and Tyson's pneumonia has cleared up quite nicely. You'd barely know he had anything last week, as everything seems to be cleared up and his chest and lungs sound completely clear. He remains on the antibiotics for another few days to make sure the bug is killed.
He did, however, lose a bit of weight from his discharge day until now. I am a little concerned about this but do realize that, like any of us, it does take time to regain a full appetite. I am borrowing a baby weigh scale again from Community Care Access Centre to keep a close eye on things. Hopefully he can gain some of the weight back that he lost as he needs to keep strong for his next surgery.
We have another date for surgery. It's Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Hopefully things don't get changed again; we sure have had enough waiting! Tyson's echocardiogram last week showed that from a heart perspective, he is doing fine and the surgery can wait till May. From a respiratory perspective, the doctors would like Tyson's lungs to be 100% healed before going in to the surgery. If he goes into surgery 100% healthy, he will have a shorter recovery time than if they operated on him while still a little sick.
The expected recovery time for the Glenn surgery is 5-7 days. This is just a general guideline, based on how other healthy babies have recovered. We never know what to expect, of course, but as long as Tyson progresses and heals as he did the first time, one week or so is a realistic timeline.
Thanks for keeping us in your prayers. We pray that Tyson will remain healthy until this surgery date and that all will go according to God's will.
Brian and Mel:)
On Thursday we went back to Sick Kids for a check-up and Tyson's pneumonia has cleared up quite nicely. You'd barely know he had anything last week, as everything seems to be cleared up and his chest and lungs sound completely clear. He remains on the antibiotics for another few days to make sure the bug is killed.
He did, however, lose a bit of weight from his discharge day until now. I am a little concerned about this but do realize that, like any of us, it does take time to regain a full appetite. I am borrowing a baby weigh scale again from Community Care Access Centre to keep a close eye on things. Hopefully he can gain some of the weight back that he lost as he needs to keep strong for his next surgery.
We have another date for surgery. It's Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Hopefully things don't get changed again; we sure have had enough waiting! Tyson's echocardiogram last week showed that from a heart perspective, he is doing fine and the surgery can wait till May. From a respiratory perspective, the doctors would like Tyson's lungs to be 100% healed before going in to the surgery. If he goes into surgery 100% healthy, he will have a shorter recovery time than if they operated on him while still a little sick.
The expected recovery time for the Glenn surgery is 5-7 days. This is just a general guideline, based on how other healthy babies have recovered. We never know what to expect, of course, but as long as Tyson progresses and heals as he did the first time, one week or so is a realistic timeline.
Thanks for keeping us in your prayers. We pray that Tyson will remain healthy until this surgery date and that all will go according to God's will.
Brian and Mel:)
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