Team Travis: Celebration of Life

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Celebration of Life

Travis' celebration of life is planned on March 6th. It will be held at the Williams Barn in Walnut Grove park. The exact time will be set soon...it will probably be at 1pm. Also, we want everyone to wear red. We want to celebrate the wonderful 16 months we had with our beautiful boy.

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BreeFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:20 PM
I will certainly be present in spirit. I will wear red on that day to celebrate Travis and all the joy he has brought to those who love him most as well as those of us whose hearts he captured through your blog. <3
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AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:40 PM
Here in Arkansas we will be doing the same !!! We will take pics and post them for you. God bless you all. We love you- Kobi
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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.....