Day Ten: The elevators to the cardiac ward (3M) are around this corner and to the left.

Day Five: Saline

Day Ten ICU: Karla spent a lot of time holding the bundled Lewis.

Day Three: The arterial line going into Lewis' left arm from which they regularly draw blood for testing.

Day Six: Grandma Kay brought a new friend to sit with Lewis.

Day One: First moments with Lewis after the surgery in ICU.

Much better now.

Day Three: ICU.

Literally looking in at a live beating heart during a procedure. With 5000 Card Docs watching. You may recognize Dr. Martin B. Leon from the stage with Jon Meachem. Yes, I have a very interesting job :)

Day Five: Not a peep.

Day Two: Grandma loves her little guy.

Day Six: I was trying to catch a fleeting smile when he turned and looked at me and I got this image - one of my favourite pictures taken during this journey to a whole heart.

Day Five: The nurses' station is to the right of the picture and Lewis' room is #4, directly across the hall.

Mya is here for a visit! We have missed her so much!! Her open heart surgery is scheduled for March 8th. If you pray, please say one for our baby girl as she approaches a very difficult time.

Day Five: While he was happy to have the IV off this arm, they moved the saline to his other arm and added a sock to cover.

Day Ten: Tatiana (the woman who brought us back in to the hospital, thus saving Lewis) removed his stitch.

Day Seven: I am ashamed to admit we went here everyday for one of their cursed "Holiday Drinks", often meeting other parents or a nurse to share a knowing word.

Day Two: A very concerned big sister visits ICU.

stop taking pictures of me! She was pouting because I told her it was time to get ready to go~

Day Five: I gave Lewis his medication.

Raven, age 5, right after open heart surgery at Seattle Children's Hospital

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Day Three: Closeup of Lewis' not long before they removed the arterial line.

The symbol of the heart will forever hold new meaning for us.

Day Five: It would later be re-attached.

Another duckie pickture of Mya :-) It's desaturated, with color added to the duck~

Shaira Galang

Day Three: Lewis does not like having this tube in his nose and tried to pull it out at every opportunity,

Day One: Last moments with mom before they put him to sleep.

Audrey's 1st open heart surgery was in October 2007. After being told she would probably be born dead, this was just one in many of the trials Audrey has, and will be facing throughout her precious life.

During this surgery she almost died of throat complications, went through 24 hours of severe drug withdrawls, and many more painful physical and mental trials.

Day Five: Sorry for even more pictures of Lewis sleeping. It is just that he keeps sleeping so much and is very photogenic. And I had nothing else to do.

Day One: The coiled wires are attached to his heart and ready to be plugged-in to a pacemaker should the need arise. The other tube drains fluids from his chest.

Day Five: Dr. Campbell stitching up the hole left from the chest tube.

I'm trying to decide which one I like better, this one or the sepia??

Day Three: While being moved up to his new room.

- Taken at 6:12 PM on July 28, 2006; cameraphone upload by ShoZu

Day Eight: Inside the X-ray room.

sleeping in my big boy bed

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Day Three: Little sister so happy to see him again.