Sunday, October 28, 2007

Heart cath tomorrow

Elijah passed his pre-op physical on Friday and is set to go for surgery tomorrow. He still has a cough, but his lungs sound great, he doesn't have a fever and he hasn't thrown up in over a week. We have to be at Children's at 8:00 a.m. and the procedure starts at 9:30 a.m. Please pray for an uneventful, quick cath with no complications. Oh, and good nurses. At Elijah's last cath, we had some nurses who made the day pretty difficult for us all.

He has been an amazingly good baby these past few days. Aside from screaming when we suction the boogers out of his nose, he is soooo happy and fun. Love this kid!


Riding in his new wagon


Hanging out in the LoveSac


Daddy taking aggression out on a poor pumpkin


We thought Elijah might want to dig his hands in the messy pumpkin guts, but he was more interested in eating the paper we had it sitting on


He wasn't so sure of the pumpkin...he glared at him for a while before we finally had to separate the two of them. Notice the blankie he's wrapped in...it's his new blanket from fellow heart mama Samantha. THANK YOU, Samantha!! Elijah loves it! It is sooo soft.


Could there be a sweeter face?

7 comments:

Samantha said...
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Samantha said...

He is absolutely gorgeous! He will do terrific tomorrow--I am hoping for good nurses...there is nothing worse than a bad nurse (well, a bad doctor, but that is not the issue tomorrow).

I am so glad that he loves the blanket! That makes me so happy.

Hugs,
Samantha
P.S. I had to remove the other one since I can't spell :)

Kathy said...

Good luck tomorrow! He should be able to win the nurses over with that smile!!!
I hope you're in and out and Eli sleeps good for you tomorrow.
Kathy

Anonymous said...

Great pics.
...in our thoughts and wishing you the best for tomorrow.

ThePicks said...

Hey Porta Clan,

Best of luck today with the cath. Andrew and I will be thinking good thoughts and hoping that all goes well. What a sweet little guy!

LOL,
The RA

Sarah said...

beautiful pic's - I love the little sleigh wagon - so cute. It's 10:26 here and I'm praying that the cath has started with no trouble and that he is out soon. Will check back.

Anonymous said...

Hi Portas,
We have been praying that this morning is going well and Elijah has good news and is home and happy soon. You are right--he is the cutest little guy and SO photogenic. Keep the pics and news coming.
Sorry about all the scary times and sleeplessness, but know God is taking care of all of you and times will be better soon.
We plan to do a donation to the Childrens Heart charity sometime before the end of the year.
Love A. Julie and U. Virg