Oct
6
2008
Lilee Afton Foltz

Plural Catheter Removal

An article by larry 2 Comments

Monday October 6, 1:30 PM

Our unsuccessful attempts this weekend at draining the plural catheter guaranteed us a trip to the hospital this morning.  I am happy to say that after a brief echo cardiogram to see if any fluid remained the decision was made to remove the catheter!  It might be a small thing to be happy about but small things add up over time.  In fact looking at Lilee now it is hard to believe that she was ever hooked up to the spaghetti mess of wires and tubes only a week and a half ago.  The only tube remaining at this point is the feeding tube - which might be around for a while longer.

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Wendy Hornberger United States
October 7, 2008 at 8:54 PM #

Hey LFo, Thanks for the updates.  I'm sure life is still completely crazy, but we really appreciate that you take the time to keep up on these posts so that we can stay in the loop.  We'd love to come see her, and take more pictures!!! as soon as you are ready for us.  Let me know.  Much love to all of you, Wendy

Robynne Boysen United States
October 8, 2008 at 7:56 AM #

That is such wonderful news!!

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I am the proud father of 6 Children (5 girls and 1 poor boy).  Our second youngest daughter was born with a heart condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS).  In a nutshell the left side of her heart never fully developed.  Hopefully this site will chronicle the progress she is making and everyone who is interested can keep up to date.