Team Travis: Celebration of Life

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Celebration of Life - Travis DiCarlo

To download and print his Celebration of Life Invitation click below

Travis Celebration of Life Invitation

3 comments:

CHD BabyFebruary 24, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Travis was so lucky to be able to spend his life on earth with parents like you. You are amazing and strong people and I'm so sorry for your loss.
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AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Dear DiCarlo Family,

My name is Sylvia Apodaca and I am a Special Ed teacher at Mission Hills High and work with Amy Tarquini who is a close friend of mine. Amy shared with me how beautiful and amazing Travis was and what a loving family you are. In honor of his life, we would like to plant a flower or a plant in his memory at our school garden. Is there something specific you would like us to plant? You are in our heart and prayers and may God comfort you with his warmth and love. Sincerely, Sylvia
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KellyMarch 2, 2011 at 8:46 PM
he touch our heart and the heart of so many others , he was a warrior a strong little boy
I'm very sorry I feel really bad , I cannot write any more
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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.....