Thursday 14 June 2018

Replacement pacemaker surgery

This special girl of mine is due to have her first pacemaker replacement surgery this coming Monday (18 June 2018).

I remember the day of her major heart repair surgery at 18 months old - the day we heard that unfortunately she will be reliant on a pacemaker for the rest of her life.

The implantation of her current pacemaker had a shakey start to life with quite a few complications around the site healing - and two months later she went back into theatre to have it all sown up and sorted out properly. Since then, its been a visible box that lies just under her rib cage. Its pretty unsightly and doesn't add much favour to her already visibly scarred chest. I'll be getting some before and after pics together!!

But its 7 years later and technology advances...and she's alot bigger. So i'm trusting that the device they implant now is much smaller and lasts longer! 

Being much older, she's pretty anxious and needy in hospital, so those realities of a heart related procedure with her just being much more needy don't sit easy with me [never mind the four month old that's around too]. Baby Nicola will be joining us too during our time in hospital - though dad will spend the night with her and I"ll spend the night at home with the other two girls.

Trusting God for a smooth procedure and experience...