Caleb the Patient

Caleb had his little heart procedure done this Thursday at OHSU. He was quite a trooper. We were originally scheduled to go up on June 28th but they rescheduled with less than a weeks notice. He wasn't able to have anything to eat after 6:30 and we had to check into the hospital by 10am. They didn't take him into the procedure until 1:30 so by then he was a hungry and somewhat angry little man. They had placed his IV an hour or so before that and gave him some medication that had him feeling no pain as you can see by the picture where I am holding him. The procedure lasted about 3 hours and was quite a success. They placed a coil in the little duct in his heart and it closed the duct instantly. The doctor's said he had no discomfort from the procedure and he won't ever feel the coil. We even have x-rays for his baby book showing the coil. He stayed overnight at Doernbecher and slept a lot. He was only interested in what we would feed him when he woke. Which was long enough to eat, watch a little Baby Einstein with Dad and then head back to sleep. He was a very good and did amazingly well considering all he had to put up with. We got back to Eugene about 1pm Friday and other than not playing any contact sports (hopefully we can get Sarah to cooperate with that) he is doing great. He's back to his usual self. The pictures are of him when we first got there (nice pink gown), all drugged up, after with daddy (4amish) and then on the way home. While we were gone, Sarah had a wonderful time having Grandma and Grandpa all to herself. I don't think she even missed us!