Team Travis: Baby Steps...

Friday, October 23, 2009

Baby Steps...

Nicole was able to get her epidural in at 12:07. Dr. Lathon was so very patient with her. He almost gave up (He dropped a Damn when he didn't get it), but he seemed determined to get it. After the hour it took to get it in, I saw Nicole cry good tears for the first time in quite a while. Finally something positive in this pregnancy.

Also, Nicole's water broke at 9:45 p.m. naturally.

Let's go Travis...

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Wodzisz FamilyOctober 23, 2009 at 4:51 AM
I am so happy for her. Yeah epidural! Praying for smooth sailing now.
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AnonymousOctober 23, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Go Travis, you can do this....go mom too!

Mom of....to many to count...where there is food they will come!
K.Snachez #57
Go Knights!
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AnonymousOctober 23, 2009 at 9:11 AM
I hope Travis has made his grand entrance, All of SMHS Football progam is eagerly awaiting his arrival. So many well wishes and prayers offered up for you all yesterday at the football game (even from parents of the Westview team). We will continue to pray for the DiCarlo family trio.
Caren Litzenberg
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Travis Gary DiCarlo

Travis Gary DiCarlo, first son of Roger and Nicole DiCarlo, was born at San Diego Kaiser Hospital, October 23, 2009 with a Congenital Heart Defect known as Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, or HLHS. The short explanation is that Travis was born with only half of a heart. In order for him to live, a series of three operations were planned.

Due to an infection, Travis had to have an additional open heart surgery to insert pulmonary artery bands on October 29, 2009. He had his Norwood Surgery on November 21, 2009. He was sent home on December 14, 2009 from Rady's Children Hospital of San Diego after spending his first 52 nights of life in the hospital.

After being home for several months, Travis was due to for his next surgery in the plan, the Glenn procedure. But the life of a cardiac kid can change in an instant and life doesn't always go as planned. Due to the anatomy of his heart and some rhythm issues, Travis had what the surgeons called Norwood part 2. They replaced his Sano Shunt with a bigger one, enlarged his pulmonary arteries and installed a pacemaker. This surgery was performed on May 3, 2010. Travis went home on May 17th, 2010.

Around Travis' first birthday in October his cardiologist detected some narrowing in his pulmonary artery and ordered a heart cath. The heart cath showed extensive narrowing in his aorta and his pulmonary artery. On February 17, 2011 Travis had his 4th open heart surgery. He was doing well with recovery until he suddenly went into cardiac arrest on Friday (2/18). After two hours of CPR Travis was placed on ECMO (a heart/lung bypass). Although his heart did begin to beat again on its own, his brain was damaged during the whole ordeal and he lost all brain function. We had to say goodbye to our beautiful boy on Saturday, February 19th. We miss our boy terribly.....