Team Travis: Summer Fun.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Summer Fun.

Had another quiet week at the DiCarlo House.

On our way to the CA Heart Connection Picnic in Santa Ana.

We met 2 fellow HLHS survivors. Jeni is 25 and Kathleen is 13. It was a great experience for the whole family.

Travis was all ready for a swim.

Travis loves his mommy.

Travis keeping cool in the Pool.

Travis decided to have a bite of Zee's ear.

Vinny decided to join Travis in the pool

Travis got all wet.

Travis and his big eyes.

Hello.

Travis likes his seafood.

Travis' side profile.

He wasn't a big fan of tummy time in the water.

The dogs got a little confused by the pool.

Travis was having a lot of fun.

Travis checking on his dog Vinny.

The dogs kept a good eye on Travis.

2 comments:

Kellee the CaffeinatedJune 8, 2010 at 9:21 PM
I love how the dogs and Travis interact!!! Sooo cute!
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calieli75June 10, 2010 at 7:50 PM
10 thumbs up for Travis!!
Love these new pictures. He looks so mellow and relaxed!
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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.....