Team Travis: Surgery is Scheduled

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Surgery is Scheduled

Travis will be having his aorta opened on Thursday, Feb 17th. We are terrified.

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5 comments:

Marilyn MillerFebruary 12, 2011 at 6:24 PM
Praying!
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Kellee the CaffeinatedFebruary 12, 2011 at 6:54 PM
Oh my goodness, that is so soon! Oh I can't even imagine how scared you guys must be! We will be thinking of your little family! XOXO to you guys and give that sweet boy big smooches from us!

~Kellee
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BreeFebruary 12, 2011 at 9:10 PM
I will pray fervently for the Lord to be with Travis in surgery and to guide the doctors hands so that this surgery can be completed without any complications whatsoever.
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JillianFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Praying for a successful surgery and a fast recovery.
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calieli75February 16, 2011 at 10:55 AM
Hi Roger and Nicole,
I am so sorry that Travis is having to have this additional surgery. As the difficult time approaches, please do not forget that you are not alone. Many people are thinking of you and praying for you and your little hero. One of them is me! I look forward to reading everything about Travis and his recovery.
With lots of love and God bless.
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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.....