Connor (April 2002)

Connor was born at 42 weeks. C-section after 22 hrs of labor. He looked perfectly normal to us. Within 8 hrs they heard a murmur and transferred him to the Montreal Children's Hospital.

At 12 days he underwent open heart surgery to close the ASD and VSD and repair his interrupted aortic arch. The dextrocardia remained the same. It was an 8 hour operation and all went well. He was in the hospital for roughly 8 weeks.

Connor came home on a few medications (Lasix and phenobarbital). He was weaned off them in the weeks to come.

He had his last open heart in May 2001 for a sub-aortic membrane. It was removed successfully but there is the chance that it may grow back.

We had our cardiology appointment in August and all looked and sounded well, so we are free for another year.

We cannot say for sure but they figure because of a lack of oxygen during Connor's operation, Connor is intellectually delayed by roughly 2yrs. He is constantly making great progress. At the present moment he is at a school for the disabled, but with most probability he will be going to a regular school next year for grade one. He has done 2 yrs of pre-k and presently is in Kindergarten.