Day 56

Today Isaiah finally transfered to VGH. 

He is in and out of sleep. Thankfully he's only been short with me once and he said sorry right away. 

He had a CT, chest xray, chest ultrasound, blood work, getting an IV soon - still in emerg because the system is flawed and says ER has to clear them before they go up to their ward.

Good news is that his resting heart rate is at 75 now instead of 110 which is what it was on Monday!

Here's what I added to my Dad's post so I thought I'd just copy and paste it here:

The pericardium is the protective sac that surrounds the heart. It always has some fluid in it and acts like bubble wrap to protect the heart. 

Isaiah's pericardium is slowly filling up with more fluid but behind the heart instead of dispersing evenly around the heart. 

This is why he was transferred back to Vancouver so they could do a different, more open heart procedure that PG cannot do. (Because of the position of the fluid.) 

Why is it retaining fluid? All I've heard is due to a complication during surgery recovery. Something like that. I don't think people actually know. They keep the drain in that they place in the pericardium, in hopes that it stops dripping. This way they will know that the sac is no longer collecting an ample amount of fluid. The whole in the pericardium will heal itself. If it doesn't, they will patch it.

Surgery is tomorrow. I found out that they also have to drain his right lung. 

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  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2023 at 5:30 PM

    Praying he gets admitted asap!!! Hugs to you -HZ

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  2. AnonymousMay 19, 2023 at 9:49 PM

    Romans 1 : 9 ...without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
    Ephesians 1 : 16 ..cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
    I Thessalonians 1 : 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our
    prayers;
    Philemon 4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,

    Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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