Isabella: Happy Fathers Day

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Happy Fathers Day

To a wonderful husband and wonderful father, we love you!! Happy Fathers Day!! And a Happy Fathers Day to all you wonderful Dads out there.

3 comments:

mommy to Kaden, Brody and angel Ava said...: Happy Father's Day Matt.
Have a great day.

Love,
the Boeckman's; Sunday, June 15, 2008 5:40:00 PM
adrianna york said...: Happy Father's Day Matt
have a wonderful day with the girls
From Kim and Adrianna; Monday, June 16, 2008 8:10:00 AM
The Diva said...: I'm sorry I didn't get to see these yesterday, but I want to wish Matt a Happy Father's Day. Those are some great pictures!; Monday, June 16, 2008 8:23:00 AM

Story of Isabella Grace Gudde

Isabella was born December 23, 2006. She was born with a congenital heart defect called Truncus Arteriosus. She also was diagnosed with a deletion on her 22nd chromosome known as DiGeorge Syndrome. She had her first open heart surgery Febuary 27, 2007. She had 5 med flights last year. She had pulmonary hypertension and kept going into respiratory distress. After the 4th med flight, they decided to put in a trach and put her on the ventilator. She was home for 4 days before she was flown back. The fifth time was the worst. I really thought we were going to lose her. She again showed great strength and determination. She had a cardiac arrest on Aug 1, 2007. She was left brain damaged and we were told she was blind and deaf. Matt and I never accepted this fate and as time has gone on we have seen miracle after miracle. Bella now has her hearing back and much of her sight. She is still very far behind, but is making progress everyday. She came home September 12, 2007 after spending almost 160 days at Childrens Mercy in 2007. She was at home up until this February. She went in for her monthly check up and we found out she had a huge aneurysm at the conduit site on her heart. She underwent her second open heart surgery on February 21, 2008, just 6 days short from being one year post op from her first surgery. She is now home and doing fabulous. Enjoy the stories of our everyday miracles with Isabella.