Welcome to the CTG Blog, or Cole Thomas Griffin blog. As most of you know, Cole is our unborn son and has quite a challenge ahead of him in terms of his congenital heart defects. Laura and I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone that has lifted up our family in prayer for these past few months. Please continue to do so.
The purpose of this blog is to convey updates on Cole and his pending surgeries. We know that most of the people reading this care about us and our family and we want to keep you informed. However, it would be incredibly difficult for me to personally call each and every one of you every time there is a change in condition, beginnings and ends of surgeries, moving from NICU to CVICU, etc.....Laura will not be in a position to call everyone, and frankly, I call people and talk on the phone all day for a living and it is the last thing I want to do in my spare time. This is even more true when the news is not always cheery.
So, as of right now, Laura's due date is January 9, 2008 but she is scheduled for an induction on January 7, 2008. Based on the size measurements, he could be born as soon as December 22, 2007 (tomorrow!). The plan of attack right now is that once he is born, the Docs will put him on prostaglandin in order to open up his pulmonary artery allowing blood to flow from his heart to his lungs. This will give them time to observe him, take an ultrasound of his heart, and to set up his first surgery. This should occur when he is 2-4 days old. They will be inserting what is called a shunt, which basically helps reroute some of the blood to where it is supposed to go.
We will update you if anything changes. Here is my non PC close:
Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year!
God Bless You and We Love You! <><
Matt
