Day Five: They have been aware that I have been documenting the whole surgery and where told that I wanted to be there for when the chest tubes were removed. So when the doctors arrived we heard one of them say "has Lewis' film crew arrived?". Indeed!

Day Six: I continue to be amazed at the amount of data which can be extracted from the human body via wires.

Day Three: A quiet end to the day with grandma.

Day Three: Getting ready to be taken from Intensive Care.

Day Seven: Grandma was so happy to see the little guy home at last.

- Taken at 9:02 PM on July 29, 2006; cameraphone upload by ShoZu

Day Seven: We loaded Lewis into his stroller and headed out the main entrance and over to the Ambulatory Care Building to visit the pharmacy to get his meds.

iMobileWellness My Heart Story patient,Cabell W, completes Virginia Beach half-marathon in Sept 2010, 10 years after having open-heart surgery.

Day Ten ICU: One can never have too many pictures of a mother and her son.

Day Five: Karla didn't want me to post this thing but I kind of like the picture.

Day Seven: Lewis doesn't even know the joy he brings.

Day Three: Resting in ICU.

Day Three: ICU.

Day Ten ICU: Striking a pose while asleep.

just after the breathing tube was removed

Day Four:

Day Three: There is a "get-to-know-me" whiteboard in his new room which Adelibe and Isabel wrote on for him.

Day Five: We be chillin.

Day Three: This shot was taken while Lewis was being wheeled by on his way to his new room.

Day Four:

Day Five: He was so relaxed and never complained once.

Day Six: Karla needed to step in to soothe him. I like how the two forearms echo each other.

- Taken at 1:58 PM on July 29, 2006; cameraphone upload by ShoZu

Format:

Still image

Subject(s):

Thoracic Surgery,

Surgeons,

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Genre(s):

Photographs

Extent:

1 photoprint.

NLM Unique ID:

101450976

NLM Image ID:

A032586

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101450976

oh boy is my mouth dry

Collection:

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

Format:

Still image

Subject(s):

Thoracic Surgery,

Surgeons,

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Genre(s):

Photographs

Extent:

1 photoprint.

NLM Unique ID:

101450971

NLM Image ID:

A032581

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101450971

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

I got to feed him yesterday as well as today. He has been eating like a champ

They made name tag for his bed

Day Three: Though he has gradually lost tubes and wires he still has a few to go.

Day Four:

Day Six: First attempt at echoing Lewis' heart.

Day Three: A new computer for his new room.

Day Four:

This is a smile, just looks funny

Day Five: We took Lewis' monitor and went mobile - all the way downstairs to Radiology to X-ray his chest.

Day Five: I want to break this seal.

Day Ten: By the end of the day the old smile was beginning to return.

Day Six: Detail of the computer used for the portable echo machine.