Tag Archives: Hybrid Stage 2

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week 2012 – Gabriel’s Story

In reviewing yesterday’s photo challenge post, I realized that I did a half-assed job explaining all that was behind the pictures I posted. We have a lot of new visitors to the House who haven’t met our Moonbeam and don’t … Continue reading

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Gabriel Cassidy Miller

was born August 17, 2009, to Charles and Lisa Miller of Lorain, Ohio. Today, December 31, 2009, at 19 weeks & 3 days old, Gabriel died peacefully in his parents’ arms just before the noon hour. He fought a valiant … Continue reading

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I don’t even know what kind of title to give this post. When I got here 2 weeks ago, I thought that by today I would be bringing you news of a happy homecoming with the “new & improved” Gabriel. … Continue reading

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Stepping Off The Edge Of The Building

That’s how Daddy describes our current situation. Regardless of which way we go, we will step off the edge of the building. Gabe was stable overnight, but some of his numbers are not as high as they’d like them to … Continue reading

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“Pessimistic.”

That’s how Dr. Holzer summed up his feelings about the procedure he did on Gabe today. He went in through the arteries in Gabe’s neck and groin and sucked out the clots that were blocking the left pulmonary artery into … Continue reading

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Back In The Cath Lab

Around 1215-1230p, we delivered Gabe to the Cath Lab. The cardiologists did an echo this morning and could not find the left pulmonary artery. They believe that it has clotted off again and completely cut off blood flow to the … Continue reading

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“The fight is still on.”

This morning started off with Gabe’s heart rate dropping into the 60s and O2 sats dropping into the 40s – for no apparent reason. He did not require any CPR chest compressions this time, though. His numbers came back up … Continue reading

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