ICU

It took over 4 hours in the ICU to get me stabalized before I was ready to see my parents. My Mom was in shock and my Father had to take care of her, thanks DAD!

Finally out of surgery

My parents told me that while I was in surgery, a lot of my family was here giving them support. Thanks Grandma’s, Grandpa’s, Brothers, Cousins, Uncles, and Aunts who helped out my parents. I love you all very much!

Change of plans

I wasn’t feeling too good so the nurses had to put a breathing tube in and call the Doctors in. They decided to do the first operation early tomorrow instead of next week. It should only take six hours but who knows.

Even more tests

I am only a few days old and already hate tests. My doctors want to wait for my operation until next week as my heart issues are very rare and they don’t want to miss anything.

Update on the bad news.

OHSU ran tests to figure out what is going on with my heart, turns out my heart issues are very rare forms of Aortic Atresia/Ventricular Septal Defect and they want to wait a few days so they can run some tests to make sure there is nothing else wrong and also to make a good map of my heart. My Mom and Dad were told that I was going to be up here for a whole month.

I guess there may be three operations; one soon which will take part of my lung to fix the Aortic Atresia, leaving a shunt in my lung, one in 6mos to check on the shunt, and if everything goes right I may not need the third operation in 5 years.

Bad news!

I got examined by the doctor today and she said she heard a heart murmer. She said this is common for newborns but she wanted some more tests done. Good thing she is on top of her game. After examining me, they decided to have me flown by airplane to OHSU in Portland. My mom rode with me and Dad and Aunt Tricia and Grandma Penny drove up. My brother Ryan and Grandma Sam drove up too.

My dad!

My Grandma Penny says I look like him, which scares me. My Mom say I should grow out of that though! My uncle has to scan and upload my Dads baby photo later so you can decide.

Mom and Me

My mom was very happy to have me out, I was a kicker!

My First Day!

Hello, My name is Ayden Liam Jenkins I was born on April 26, 2008 at 12:47 am. I weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 19" long, the exact same length as my daddy when he was born. My Grandpa Gary took these pictures, and my Uncle Gary put them on the web for me!