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Hugills feel blessed life-saving surgery
available in Canada for their baby
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"She stabilized nicely in
ICU and after two days, she
was transferred to the cardiac
floor where the parents can
come in and do all the care,"
says Stephanie.
Because Stephanie was
recovering from surgery
herself after giving birth by
Caesarean section, Doug's
cousin Jennifer was enlisted
to stay with them in Toronto
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Alexa Hugill
until New Year's Day.
"It was a difficult
experience and there were
times when we had emotional
breakdowns. But, it was so
good to have Jennifer there
because some mornings, we
would wake up and not know
what we were doing," says
Stephanie.
On Jan. 2, the Hugills met
Dr. Van Arsdell, the head of
Sick Kids' cardiovascular,
department, who told them
what to expect during the
coming surgery that he would
perform.
"He told us it's a very
serious problem but said,
'You know what; we can fix
it' That was so nice to hear,"
says Stephanie.
The morning of Alexa's
surgery began with a massive
snowstorm in Toronto and
Stephanie and Doug
wondered if the whole
surgical team would be able
to make it to the hospital that
day.
But, they did and Stephanie
and Doug were taken to see
Alexa and the anesthetist
before the five-hour surgery
began.
"The doctor was a lovely
woman and we knew Alexa
was in good hands. She told
me all the doctors and nurses
loved Alexa because she was
so cute," she remembers.
"After we met Dr. Van
Arsdell we never had a worry
about the surgery because if
the best can't do it, there's a
problem. We had full
confidence in him," says
Stephanie.
She adds that she did worry
about the 24-hour recovery
because complications can
develop during that time.
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worries were well-founded.
Alexa ended up coming out
of the anesthesia far sooner
than she should have and the
medication dropped her heart
rate to such a low level that a
doctor did not leave her
bedside all night during the
recovery period.
Also, her kidneys failed
and needed to go on dialysis
temporarily.
"We learned that the
kidneys shutting down is a
common thing after heart
surgery. It's amazing how the
body shuts down so the heart
can rest and heal," says
Stephanie.
But, even when Alexa was
released from intensive care
and placed on a recovery
ward several days later, she
still wasn't out of the woods.
The second day on the
recovery ward, Stephanie and
Doug were changing Alexa's
diapers and found a
completely black bowel
movement, which meant she
was bleeding internally.
"The nurses were freaking
out and we were freaking out.
They called a doctor who was
a cardiac fellow and he told
us she probably had an ulcer
from all the'physical stress
her body had been under and
had blood in her stomach,"
remembers Stephanie.
After another four days of
treating the ulcer by feeding
her intravenously so her
stomach could heal, Alexa
was finally discharged Jan.
16.
"The joyous occasion of
Alexa's birth turned into a
very stressful one but we are
very blessed to be living in a
country where the medical
care is available to help
Alexa. I dread to think what
that surgery would have cost
in the U.S. I suspect it would
have been at least $l million
for her care," says Stephanie.
She says she and Doug met
many families with sick
babies during their stay in
Toronto and also count their
blessings that Alexa's heart
defect was comparatively
easy to fix.
"The 20 days we were in
hospital seemed like an
eternity but some families are
there a lot longer. We met
families whose babies had to
have heart transplants and
others with children with
cancer. Some families are
there for years," she says.
Alexa's heart surgery on
the ninth day of her short life
should be the only medical
intervention necessary to deal
with the congenital heart
defect.
She received a clean bill of
health during a check-up in
London at the end of
November and will be
returning to Toronto for a
one-year follow-up in
January.
"Developmentally she's
doing fine. She's growing
like a weed and she's always
on the go now," says
Stephanie.
Stephanie says that through
Alexa's experience, she's
learned that the babies who
first benefitted from the same
surgery 30 years ago are still
around and enjoying healthy
lives.
"It was a challenge to go
through but it's good to know
there are 30 -year-olds out,
there who had the same
problem who are doing fine.
After you go through
something like this, the world
becomes a smaller place and
you get to hear a lot of
welcome news," she says.
Hospital committee
asks Huron East
for second access route
A report from the Seaforth Community Hospital local
advisory committee of the Huron -Perth Healthcare Alliance
asking for a second access route for the hospital was referred
to the public works committee by Huron East council last
Tuesday.
The increase in traffic expected at the hospital With the
addition of the new building for Community Care Access
Centre behind the medical clinic raised the issue as a safety
concern for the committee.
"This has been an ongoing issue for a number of years,"
former mayor Lin Steffler wrote to council in a note written
on the advisory committee minutes.
"Seaforth council agreed there should be a second access
but couldn't get support from residents in the area. It should
happen now regardless," she said in her note.
Seaforth Court. Joe Steffler told council it should consider
continuing Centennial Drive - the hospital's only access now
- to the north.
"It opens up that land for future development," he said.
Mayor Joe Seili said where a continued Centennial Drive
could be extended to could be negotiated at a future date.
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