The Game Changer

Jamie's water broke early Thursday morning which took us by surprise. We went to the General hospital in Regina and were subsequently told that our original plan to go to Saskatoon and Edmonton would change. Due to space shortages in the Saskatoon and Edmonton NICU; we were sent by air ambulance to the BC Womens hospital in Vancouver.

Brody Ray Weber was born by C-Section on Thursday April 7th at 10:38pm PST. He was a beautiful shade of pink, weighed 6lbs 5oz and was 19 inches long.

Over the past few days he's been in the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) and has posted some surprisingly good stats. His blood oxygentation levels are at or above normal and his coloration is normal as well. These stats caused a stir amongst Dr. Ghandiv (Pediatric Heart Surgeon) and Dr. Sanatani (Pediatric Cardiologist) as this behaviour was counter to their original diagnosis. Since seeing this behaviour on Friday morning the doctors have worked tirelessly with their local staff and WCCHN (Western Canadian Children's Heart Network) peers to determine Brody's true heart abnormality. They have since come to the conclusion that he indeed has DORV and not TGA (Transposition of the Great Arteries).

Heart surgery that was originally being booked for Monday has since been put on hold. Dr's Ghandiv and Sanatani want Brody to have an MRI on Monday so they can get a more detailed picture of his heart as the DORV procedure is much different than correcting TGA. Dr Ghandiv wants to have all of the right information on hand prior to surgery so there are no surprises.

Brody and Jamie will likely get discharged early next week after the MRI results. It is better for Brody to have his DORV surgery in 3 to 6 months when he is bigger and stronger. That means a return trip to Vancouver for us sometime this summer which wont be a problem.