| Kamryn Elaine Boak, the one-week-old daughter of Kevin and Amber Arthur Boak, has a hypo-plastic heart. She had her first surgery
December 12 and is doing very well.
The next 48 to 72 hours are critical, according to her mother, Amber.
The doctors are
impressed with how well she did, saying that infants with such a condition
have to be sent back from surgery on a heart and lung
machine, which does the work for heart and lungs. She did not require the assistance.
They report after
she wakes up they will start a paralyzing medication
which will be used for about a week. Her chest was
left open because of swelling which is normal and they
will close it in about 48 hours, give or take.
During this critical time, the family requests prayer.
This is just the first
surgery Kamryn will receive. There are at least two more. The second will be at approximately 6 to 12 months of
age and the third will be at about 3 to 4 years of
age.
Family members say she is in very good hands at Ruby Memorial Hospital
in Morgantown. She is in the Pediatric Intensive Care
Unit.
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