Tyler (2010)

Tyler (2008)

Tyler Matthew was born October 24, 2007 and was born with Double Inlet Left Ventricle (DILV), a heart defect that left him with no right ventricle. Tyler's PDA stayed open at birth which created the right conditions to skip the Norwood since his sats were at a good level.

Tyler starting desaturating around 3 months of age and the doctors decided to go ahead and perform the Glenn. The surgery went smoothly but Tyler remained in the hospital with some complications for about a month after surgery  (chylous effusion, a pleurodesis, and a lung collapse).

Tyler has been truly blessed and, other than his hospital stay at birth and for the Glenn, has not been sick once! He is a very healthy baby and is growing fast.  

September 2008 Update

Tyler is 11 months and doing great. Many heart babies are not as fortunate, so we look at every day as a gift form above!

July 2010 Update

Tyler has been doing great since the Glenn. No issues have come up. The doctors are saying he should be able to have the Fontan when he is 3-4 years old. Other than the scar on the chest, the only indicators that he is even a heart kid is the bruising from the daily dose of aspirin, and with physical activity...Tyler will will stop and sit or lay down after running around for a few minutes. Other than that, he is doing very well.