He was born Nov 30, 2009.
Pre-birth ultrasound exams revealed that he had severe Cardiac problems.
After birth the problems were discovered to be even more severe and he urgently needed a Cardiac transplant.
So he was transferred by Air Ambulance from his birth hospital in Oregon (which does not do transplants) to one in Arkansas which did.
Jan 16, 2010, he received his New Heart (with sadness and grateful thanks to the Unknown Donor and family).
Christopher will be 1 year old on November 30. He spent almost 11 of those months in intensive and cardiac care units in hospitals.
Just a few weeks ago he was FINALLY discharged home.
He is still on renal dialysis and will be until sometime in the future (in a few years?) when he might be able to get a kidney transplant.
But, this update is to let you know that he is HOME at last with his family (they are doing the renal dialysis on a portable home dialysis unit.)
Christopher’s first year of life has been a journey of Faith and Trust in God by his parents, siblings, relatives, and innumerable friends who have followed his saga.
His mother has recently posted an ‘at home’ update on the Caring Bridge site.
Also, a 7 minute 55 second video summarizing Baby Christopher’s first year was recently posted on YouTube. I have put both it and the mother’s ‘at home’ update on the same page. HERE’S THE LINK
