Update on Katelyn Johnston--Surgery Tuesday, November 11

Rebecca and Eldon's baby girl, Katelyn, will be undergoing open heart surgery on Tuesday, November 11 in the early afternoon.  This is a major procedure to re-route her main arteries through the lungs (to oxygenate her blood) then back to her heart.  They will be making her heart a functioning 3 chamber heart.

Eldon writes:

     "Katelyn's condition is called "Tricuspid Atresia with a VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect).  Her oxygen saturation levels keep dropping, heart rate races to around 200 bpm, and she vomits.  She hasn't been able to handle her feedings for a couple of weeks now.  We have tried different medications to treat the reflux but she didn't improve.  On Thursday, we brought her in to Primary Children's for observation.  Friday she underwent a cath lab procedure to map and measure the internal pressures of the heart.  On Saturday she had a severe episode where her oxygen levels dropped to the low teens (75-85% is normal for her).  It took her almost an hour to recover to normal levels.  It was then determined that her next surgical procedure, "the glen", would be done sooner than later."

We appreciate all the prayers that have been sent her way and would love it if you could please continue to do so.  We will keep you posted as to her condition.

We send our love to all of you..............Jean

Katelyn Jean Johnston

Photo taken October 1, 2014