Liam's First Surgery

Thankfully Liam successfully completed his first of 3 heart reconstruction surgery today. His surgery began at 7:45 A.M. (Friday Setp 28) and Liam left the operating room at 5:30pm. Our thanks to Dr. Rosenkranz and his team for this miraculous surgery. Dr. Rosenkranz said that Liam did well in surgery and everything could be expected to go well did go well. Liam will now be in the cardiac neonatal intensive care unit for at least one month. Liam will be under sedation for at least six days. Currently, the doctors have not closed his chest. On Monday the surgeons will return to do that. The next seven days are critical. The following month to come Liam will be gathering strength to be discharged and to head home. We will be staying at the Ronald McDonald House for parents beginning tonight. Please keep Liam in your prayers. The whole family thanks you for your help and concern.

Complications for Surgery

Liam is going into surgery on Friday the 28th at 7 am. The doctors have discovered yet another problem in his heart. The left side has a small chamber which will not release the blood that is pumped into it. This causes high blood pressure for Liam. The doctors are aware of this problem and will take extreme caution during surgery. This is a rare circumstance, even among those that have HLHS. It will make tomorrow's surgery more difficult and more dangerous, yet not impossible. Please keep Liam in your prayers. We have pictures, but no way to upoad them at the hospital. We will try to get them up soon.

Birth Announcement

Liam was born at 1:52 pm today!
He is 7 pounds 6 ounces, 19 ¾ inches long. He has blond hair and blue eyes. I had a natural delivery, not C-section. Liam is scheduled for heart surgery on Friday the 28th and it is going to be a six hour procedure. He’s breathing on his own but is being watched closely. Pictures will follow soon. Liam is in the NICU and will be on a medication that will prevent the top of the heart from closing before surgery as would be in the womb.

Welcome

Thank you for visiting. This website is preparing for the birth of Liam Lockhart on September 24th 2007. Liam has been diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). This means that Liam will be born with only half of his heart functioning. Shortly after Liam is born,he will undergo Major surgery to reconstruct his heart. Since Liam's heart did not develop on the left side, the Doctors will attempt to transform his heart into a 2 chamber heart. (His left 2 chambers did not form) After he is born the family will post Liam's journey on this site. Please come back to this site to follow Liam's progress.You can donate to Liam either by the Paypal link on the right of the page or you can go to any Wachovia Bank and donate to the "Liam Lockhart Irrevocable Trust". Again, Thank You For Visiting. You can read more about HLHS by goingto;www.pediheart.org/parents/defects/HLHS.htm