Oct. 2015

Bethanne is in her 2nd year of kindergarten.  She is doing amazing.. She saw her cardiologist in sept. He said she is doing remarkable.. She has to have blood work every month now instead of every week to check her INR levels because of being on warfarin (coumadin). She hates the blood work. I am so proud of her..

2014-2015

On May 7th 2015. Bethanne underwent her 3rd open heart surgery.(the fontan). She did extremely well.. they put the wires in just in case she needs a pace maker.. there are no more surgeries to fix her.. The next if she ever needs one will be a  transplant. I hope we never come to that..

On March 6, 2015 bethanne went into the operating room at university hospital for dental surgery. She had 9 teeth pulled. We are now ready for her Fontan (3rd open heart surgery) on April 8,2015.

2014-2015

After her stent placement everything has been going okay with bethanne.. she started kindergarten in september 2014. She got student of the Month in Oct. 2014.  She got her make a wish. She got a new playground in Nov. 2014.

We see Dr. Smith on feb. 13,2015. she is having her 3rd open heart surgery (fontan) on April 8,2015.

2012-2014

Bethanne had a stent placed in her lung artery on april 29th, 2014.. As far as we know right now her 3rd OHS will be october or november 2014.. She is doing as well as she can. we take it day by day..

September 2012

We went to the cardiologist sept 14, 2012. Bethann is doing real well.. No changes at all.. She may be able to wait until she is 5 for her 3rd open heart surgery.. She will be starting homebased head start soon.. She is growing well..

March 2011

Well so far all has been good. Bethanne is growing by leaps and bounds and learning so much.  We go to the cardiologist at the end of march for echo and ekg.. If all goes well then he will see her again in a year. It is getting closer and closer to her fontan surgery. At times I hope it will be awhile longer but then again I would like it over with.

From Second surgery to present

When we arrived at the hospital for surgery again it was once again hectic.. He surgery was scheduled for January 31st, 2010.. So after the first night the next morning we were told her surgery had been moved up to January 28th.  She was to have the Bi-directional Glenn.. We got to walk her down to the OR waiting room until they took her in for her surgery.. When they took her in, once again I prayed and cried.. God keep her safe again.. This surgery was to take 4 hours again but it took much longer because of scar tissue..When the dr. came in after surgery and told us all was well I just thanked God again.. She was such a pitiful sight.. Once again my little girl was in pain..They removed the vent within 12 hours and her stats and all stayed good.. By the third day after surgery they let us walk her around. All that was left was her drainage tube..She was smiling and doing great.. And she wasn't blue anymore.. That was a proud moment.. They took her drainage tube out on day 5.. We left the hospital for home on February 4th, 2010.. Seven days after her surgery.. What a surprise that was.. We came home and once again I was scared.. But day by day we went.. She had her first check up 2 weeks after we came home and everything looked real good.. Bethanne started crawling finally.. She also started holding her breath when she cried and the cardiologist said that is because now she can, before she didn't have it in her.  That in itself was scary.  If she cried would she catch her breath or not.  Bethanne had her 1st birthday party.. She started walking at about 15 months old.. At first she would stand and not walk.. Then one day she just took off.. We went to the cardiologist again in July 2010 and once again she is fine.. In January 2011 she was seen again for an echo and ekg and all looked great.. She is gaining weight and growing.. We will see the dr. again in July 2011 for another echo and ekg and if all is well he said 1 1/2 years.. Then it should be time for her 3rd open heart surgery which is called the fontan.. Not a day goes by that I don't pray to god to keep her safe but to also thank him for all the blessings he has given us.