Buon Domenica,
Camilla is scheduled to receive what is called a ligation tomorrow morning at 7 am. It is surgery to close her PDA which is a duct outside of her heart. In utero is diverts blood around the lungs as they are not in use yet. If it is open, it circulates blood back into the heart after it is pumped requiring the heart to do more work. We all have it when we are born, and it closes usually within hours after birth on it's own. Little ones born as early as Camilla aren't always capable of this, so medication is administered. If this does not work, as in Camilla's case, surgery is performed at some point to amend this. Camilla's is now.
Prayers are what we are asking for. Though this surgery is routine, it is still surgery on the heart of a 3 lb. little girl, who is just getting over a staff infection.
God bless,
Bill
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You are in our prayers. God bless and heal her.
Camilla has been in our prayers since we heard of her early arrival. We have been trying to keep up with her progress via your blog and hope all went smoothly this morning.
--Chris, Lindsay, & Charlie Baker
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