Sundis’s heart is doing well. She is done with all the surgeries for her heart. But now she has a problem with her liver, so she will have another surgery next week at Sheba Hospital to fix the problem.
Sundis is recovering well from her Interventive Catheterization yesterday at Sheba hospital. Her mother was wheeling her around the hospital, and taking her out to get some fresh air during the day.The doctors told Sundis’s mother that they would like to check Sundis’s liver tomorrow. Please be praying that she would continue recovering well.
Sundis had a successful interventional catheterization this afternoon. The doctors dilated the conduit between her right ventricle and pulmonary artery and placed a stent in it to relieve elevated pressure on the right ventricle. Her tricuspid valve is also stenotic, but as the blood flow through it is much better than before, the doctors decided not to intervene yet.
I would say Sundis is recovering well after her surgery, but after seeing her today, that seems an understatement.
She was running around her room playing with the physical therapist who came to do some exercises with her. She is out of the ICU and on a pediatric ward floor now.
I couldn’t believe she had surgery only three days ago. Please keep praying for her as further intervention may be needed. But thank God for now that she is full of vitality as any child should be.
At 8 a.m. in Sheba hospital, in the adult OR due to lack of space in the Pediatric arenas, doctors began the challenging procedure of the extraction of Sundis’s old pacemaker leads from within the heart tissue. It was a delicate and sensitive procedure, but a successful one nevertheless, ending at approximately 11 a.m. The old pacemaker wasn’t working properly for more than a year, during which time Sundis was daily fainting and withheld from attending school as her situation of potentially falling in a faint was a dangerous one. The skilled team of doctors had placed a new pacemaker in Sundis two weeks ago. They checked the new while extracting the old, and all went well.
She took an ambulance ride to get from recovery to the Pediatric ICU.
Coworker Jonathan and I had a coffee with Sundis’s mother during some of the waiting period this morning. After the doctor announced all had gone well for Sundis, her mom was quietly thankful, but a bit too exhausted to show much emotion. She deeply thanks you all for your prayers for Sundis.
If you look closely in the picture in the left corner on the top, you can see a MacDonald’s box. When I went to Sheba hospital to visit Sundis and her lovely mother today, they shared with me that one of the doctors got it for Sundis. That shows once again how much the hospital cares for all of our children. Sundis even offered me some of it and was not willing to accept a no as an answer. She is really kind even though she doesn’t like it very much if you take a picture of her.
Sundis needs another heart surgery, which is planned for this coming Thursday. Please continue to pray for her.
Sundis is doing much better and is not in the pediatric ICU at Sheba hospital anymore. She is in a normal ward and quite likes to spend time outside of the building now and not to be inside her room all the time, laying in her bed.
It was really nice to visit her today and to spend some time outside of the hospital together with Sundis and her lovely mother.
She even jumped in the car for some time, when co-worker Tabea came to collect some families.
She is a lovely girl and seems to warm up the more often that we visit her. Please keep praying for her. She might need another surgery in the future.
Sundis was very tired when I met her in her room at Sheba hospital. I think it’s a hard time she is going through.
She is currently back in the pediatric ICU because there is liquid around her lungs. The doctors had to use a chest drain. Tomorrow they will do an ultrasound to know more about it.
Please pray for Sundis and also her mother who is caring so sweetly for her daughter.
Sundis had an operation today at Sheba Medical to place a new pacemaker. The surgery went very well and when her mother and I went to see her, she was already extubated and waking up.
Sundis’ old pacemaker is still in place. The doctor said they will leave it until they see that the new one is working properly. For now, they will wait and see how she recovers before deciding on a further course of treatment.
Please pray that the new pacemaker functions well and for a complete recovery for Sundis.
This afternoon, I found Sundis painting a picture and chatting with her older sisters on the phone. She seems to be coming out of her shell a bit more every time we visit her. Her mother is always excited for visitors and eager to introduce us to her older daughters via video call.
According to a doctor in the Sheba hospital pediatric ward, Sundis has an infection in her blood that is delaying her surgery. Please pray that the infection will clear quickly with treatment so the doctors can proceed with her surgery as planned.
Sundis’ echo at Sheba hospital last week, showed that her pacemaker was not working; the doctors have now synchronized it to her heart, so it should function properly now.
However, a conduit that was placed ten years ago between her right ventricle and pulmonary artery, has now narrowed and her doctors are considering the best course of treatment. Additionally, they would like Sundis to see some other specialists, including a neurologist, to assess her development.
When coworker Alena and I visited Sundis this afternoon, we found her exploring up and down the hallway in the pediatric ward. She’s active and curious, but very shy.
Please pray that the doctors would determine the best intervention for Sundis’ narrowed conduit, and for her continued growth and development.
Please pray for them to settle in well into the hospital.
Sundis is a eleven year old child from the Gaza Strip diagnosed with electrical problem of the heart.
Sundis does not yet have a local leader to advocate for prayer and financial support for her surgery.
As of right now, Sundis still needs $3000 toward surgery and related expenses.