Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Last week, Bryan and I took Nathan to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans for his annual checkup. His heart surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, a problem connected to his Scimitar Syndrome, occurred about three years ago. The first year after surgery, appointments were a few months apart, but he has done well, [...]
I got an email from “Auntie Dalyn” requesting prayer: Kassandra is my four-year-old niece who will be having surgery for PAPVR in the coming days. Our family is trying to be as emotionally strong as possible although the daily pep talks to ourselves is becoming more and more difficult as the day of surgery nears. [...]
Traci Doland reports that her son, Broady, had a CT scan today in preparation for heart surgery. Broady has scimitar syndrome, which involves several problems including partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, hypoplasia of the right lung and right lower lobe sequestration. “We meet with the surgeons on October 26th,” says Traci. “They have us for [...]
Traci Doland keeps me updated on her son, Broady. She recently set up a CaringBridge page to keep friends and family informed about treatments and appointments. She writes: Broady was diagonsed with Scimitar Syndrome when he was a week old in the NICU @ Maggie Hospital. He has hypoplasia of the right lung, right lower [...]
Sunday, August 28, 2005 Do you know where you were four years ago today? I do. Bryan and I were not in agreement about what we should do as Hurricane Katrina churned its way through the Gulf. I wanted to evacuate. He wanted to ride it out. After all, Katrina was only Cat 3, he [...]
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