Team Travis: Happy 5 Month Birthday Mr. Travis

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Happy 5 Month Birthday Mr. Travis

I can't even believe that our little guy is five months old today! He is just getting cooler and cooler! He is so fun to interract with. Here are some pictures from the last few days!

Yummy...blanket is GOOOOOOD!

Aren't I Ca-ute!!!

It's March Madness.....Daddy and I have been drivin' momma crazy with all the basketball games.

It was so hot the other day the we decided to let Travis hang out in his diaper. He loves being naked. :)

Super cute....he kept snuggling with this blanket

We really do feed him. He acts like he is starving. Nom, nom, nom. Blanket, the other, other white meat!

"Who, me?"

Loving March Madness. Notice how small he is next to that ball.....that is proof that he is much smaller than the pictures make him out to be.

Daddy always makes me laugh!

Oh daddy, you're so silly!

A cute close up of our cutie pie!

More Pictures of Travis.

http://cid-d843a26bcc8dd2a4.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/March%2023?ct=photos&sa=351118120

4 comments:

AnonymousMarch 24, 2010 at 11:50 AM
His blanket looks awful similar to some old raggety pink thing I know of.

Auntie T
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TishMarch 24, 2010 at 4:51 PM
You are going to have to get another picture of him with that ball when he is older. It's going to be amazing to see how much he has grown and compare. Travis is so darling!!
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Wodzisz FamilyMarch 24, 2010 at 7:03 PM
What a cutie! He is absolutely adorable. Happy 5 months Travis.
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AnonymousMarch 25, 2010 at 10:44 AM
such a cutie to bad he is promised to 3 other girls my little girl would love him... im the lady you met at michael's yesterday the lady that kept making you laugh lol good luck on your surgery lil one ill keep up with you
jackie
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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.....