Little Heart Family: Operation Bye-Bye Binkie

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Operation Bye-Bye Binkie

Oh yes, Eli. It's time.

Night #1: In bed at 7:50pm. Much screaming. Out of bed at 8:10 for "wocking" chair time. Back in bed at 8:15. Crying, whining, etc until 9:00.

We'll see how the rest of the night goes. I'm nervous.

I'll let you know.

PS Yes, Clayton had a wonderful birthday party last weekend. No, I haven't posted about it yet, but I will soon. We've been busy around here.

2 comments:

Lucas and MeghanApril 21, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Good Luck. We are about to try the same thing here.
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KristaApril 21, 2011 at 9:04 PM
That's pretty much our bedtime routine every night and we don't even have any binkie drama. :) Good luck!
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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

From http://www.mayoclinic.org/hlhs/

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is an abnormality in which the left side of the heart (left ventricle, aortic valve and aorta) is severely underdeveloped. The condition is congenital (present at birth).

When the left-side heart structures are underdeveloped, the right side of the heart must pump blood to both the lungs and to the rest of the body. In the womb, a baby's body receives oxygen-rich blood through a communication (connection) called the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). After birth, the PDA spontaneously begins to close. An undeveloped heart cannot pump efficiently enough to support life and that is when a baby with HLHS gets very sick. Without treatment, the defect is usually fatal within the first several days of life.