April 1, 2010

Early morning workups showed some increased blood in Benjamin’s lungs, a bluish looking belly and inconsistent heart rate and respiratory readings. A few Dr’s thought this may be a result of his PDA duct re-opening. Sure enough an ultrasound at 9am confirmed this. PDA ligation surgery was then scheduled for 3pm. This was going to be his 3rd surgery in almost a week. We were told this was a routine surgery at Children’s, but we were still scared because our baby had already been through so much.