{"id":4,"date":"2018-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota1.wpengine.com\/cotaforteamiker\/our-story\/"},"modified":"2018-08-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T00:00:00","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamiker\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is our family&rsquo;s pleasure to introduce to you, our son Iker Suarez Medina! Thank you for taking the time to read this and for your support!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was our second pregnancy, Just like our first pregnancy we were super excited for our new family member. At 27 weeks pregnant, we found out about Iker&rsquo;s heart condition during our emergency visit to our local hospital due to spotting, in need of the rhogam shot. And this is where our journey began.<\/p>\n<p>In search for the babies heartbeat, the doctor and nurses would move the NST pads all over Bianca&rsquo;s (mom) tummy. After about 5 minutes of search they finally found our babies heart beat but it was way too low. Monitoring at 60hpm the doctor looked super concerned and we were sent to University of Washington Medical Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After a lot of blood work, ultra sounds, and fetal echocardiograms our baby boy was diagnosed with 2nd degree heart block, liquid build up, and&nbsp;thickening of the heart muscle.&nbsp;We ended up living at UW Medical Center for almost two months because it was such a high-risk pregnancy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s March 10th 2018 and we go in for our last appointment before our scheduled cesarean on March 12th 2018.&nbsp;During our appointment the nurse noticed baby Iker&rsquo;s heart beat as low as 40hpm. And also noticed he was hardly moving or moving at all. We were sent up to a room in the labor and delivery floor for an ultra sound. During the ultra sound Iker&rsquo;s heartbeat was 28hpm. So Dr. Cheng took Bianca in for emergency C-section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Iker is now born March 10th 2018 at 7:19pm!! Soon after birth, the doctors prepare Iker for his first trip to Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital. Once at Seattle children&#8217;s Hospital Iker gets heart studies, blood work and ultra sounds done. And that&#8217;s where the doctors tell us there was no VSD!! Great news!! But unfortunately also found that Iker had a left and right bundle branch block, and a left non-compaction ventricular, on top of all the other things.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We felt devastated to know how bad our baby&#8217;s heart was. But we weren&#8217;t going to give up, we were going to do anything we could to fight with Iker and fight for his life!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chung (cardiologist) was able to stabilize Iker with medication and we were discharged from Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital on March 29th and were finally going home, to Yakima Washington. Everything was going well and the whole family was happy to know Iker was doing great!<\/p>\n<p>Comes July 24th Iker is unconscious, grey\/dusky\/purple and Bianca runs outside to get my help! I grab Iker and put him on the floor to perform CPR, while Bianca dials 911. After two minutes of CPR, Iker finally comes back but is very weak. Ambulance gets there and takes Bianca and Iker to our local hospital and we get discharged the next day. This happened to us twice, where we had to revive Iker because his heart would hit flat line, his heart would collapse. And on July 30th 2018, Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital becomes our home again.<\/p>\n<p>The plan to fix\/stabilize most of Iker&rsquo;s conditions were originally a pacemaker. So Thursday August 2nd, 2018 at 6pm, Iker is put into the O.R.<\/p>\n<p>When the doctors opened Iker&rsquo;s little chest, they were surprised how he had lived four months with such a damaged heart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2-hour procedure turned into a 10-hour surgery. And had to get revived 3 times during the procedure. The plan to put a pacemaker failed. Different strategies were used and his heart wasn&#8217;t able to get paced.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Iker is then put on the ECMO machine. A type of life-support that is a double bladed sword. The ECMO saved his life but also came with a lot of risks due to the blood thinners used so it can function properly.<\/p>\n<p>Blood clotting, excess bleeding, brain injury and other risks are the ones our little warrior has to fight everyday to stay alive while we wait for a heart transplant. Three other procedures were made in an effort to buy us more time to wait for a transplant but unfortunately nothing worked. Iker&rsquo;s heart is too weak and worn and will be on ECMO until we find his heart. It is a race against the clock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anything will help! From the bottom of our hearts thank you for your time and generosity! We the family Suarez Medina appreciate It! Please come back to our COTA page for all of our little warrior&rsquo;s updates!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&iexcl;Es un placer para nuestra familia presentarles a ustedes, nuestro hijo Iker Suarez Medina! &iexcl;Gracias por tomarse el tiempo para leer esto y por su apoyo!<\/p>\n<p>Este fue nuestro segundo embarazo, al igual que en nuestro primer embarazo, est&aacute;bamos muy emocionados con nuestro nuevo miembro de la familia. A las 27 semanas de embarazo, nos enteramos de la condici&oacute;n card&iacute;aca de Iker durante nuestra visita de emergencia a nuestro hospital local debido a una mancha de sangre, porque Bianca necesitaba la inyecci&oacute;n rhogam. Y aqu&iacute; es donde comenz&oacute; nuestro trayecto &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>En busca del latido del coraz&oacute;n de nuestro beb&eacute;, el m&eacute;dico y las enfermeras movian el sensor de la maquina por toda la pansa de Bianca (mam&aacute;).<\/p>\n<p>Despu&eacute;s de aproximadamente 5 minutos de b&uacute;squeda, finalmente encontraron que el coraz&oacute;n de nuestro beb&eacute; lat&iacute;a pero era demasiado bajo. &nbsp;Estaba latiendo 60 latidos por minutos, el doctor se miraba bien preocupado y nos enviaron al Centro M&eacute;dico de la Universidad de Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Despu&eacute;s de mucho estudios de sangre, ultrasonidos y ecocardiogramas, a nuestro beb&eacute; le diagnosticaron bloqueo card&iacute;aco de segundo grado, acumulaci&oacute;n de l&iacute;quido y engrosamiento del m&uacute;sculo card&iacute;aco.<\/p>\n<p>Terminamos viviendo en UW Medical Center durante casi dos meses porque era un embarazo de alto riesgo.<\/p>\n<p>S&aacute;bado, 10 de marzo de 2018, fuimos a nuestra &uacute;ltima cita antes de nuestra ces&aacute;rea programada el 12 de marzo de 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Durante nuestra cita, la enfermera not&oacute; que el coraz&oacute;n de Iker lat&iacute;a a una velocidad tan baja, 40 latidos por minuto. Y tambi&eacute;n not&oacute; que apenas se mov&iacute;a o no se mov&iacute;a en absoluto el ni&ntilde;o. nos trasladaron a una habitaci&oacute;n en el piso de partos para obtener un ultrasonido. Durante el ultrasonido, el latido del coraz&oacute;n de Iker bajo a 28 latidos por minuto. Es cuando la Dr. Cheng se llev&oacute; a Bianca para una ces&aacute;rea de emergencia.<\/p>\n<p>&iexcl;Iker naci&oacute; el 10 de marzo de 2018 a las 7:19 de la tarde! Poco despu&eacute;s del nacimiento, los m&eacute;dicos prepararon a Iker para su primer viaje al Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital. En cuanto Iker llego a Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital, le comenzaron hacer estudios de coraz&oacute;n, an&aacute;lisis de sangre y ecocardiogramas. &iexcl;Y ah&iacute; es donde los doctores nos dicen que no tenia un Vsd! (soplo en el coraz&oacute;n) &iexcl;&iexcl;Una gran noticia!! Pero, por desgracia, tambi&eacute;n descubr&iacute;mos que Iker ten&iacute;a un bloqueo de rama del lado izquierdo y derecho, y una condici&oacute;n donde el lado izquierdo no bombea lo suficiente de sangre compactaci&oacute;n, adem&aacute;s de todas las otras cosas.<\/p>\n<p>Nos sentimos devastados de saber que tan malo esta el coraz&oacute;n de nuestro beb&eacute;. &iexcl;Pero no nos vamos a rendir, vamos a hacer todo lo posible para luchar con Iker y defender su vida!<\/p>\n<p>El Dr. Chung (cardi&oacute;logo) pudo estabilizar a Iker con medicamentos y nos dieron de alta del Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital el 29 de marzo y finalmente nos fuimos a casa, a Yakima, Washington. Todo iba bien y toda la familia estaba feliz de saber que Iker estaba muy bien.<\/p>\n<p>Martes, 24 de julio del 2018, Iker est&aacute; inconsciente, gris \/ oscuro \/ morado y Bianca corre afuera para obtener mi ayuda. Agarre a Iker y lo puse en el piso para realizar reanimaci&oacute;n cardiopulmonar, mientras Bianca les marcaba a 911. Despu&eacute;s de dos minutos de reanimaci&oacute;n cardiopulmonar, Iker finalmente regresa pero est&aacute; muy d&eacute;bil. En cuanto la ambulancia llega se lleva a Bianca y a Iker a nuestro hospital local y nos dan de alta al d&iacute;a siguiente. Esto nos pas&oacute; dos veces, donde tuvimos que revivir a Iker porque su coraz&oacute;n paraba de latir. Lunes, 30 de julio de 2018, Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital se convierte en nuestro hogar nuevamente.<\/p>\n<p>El plan para estabilizar la mayor&iacute;a de los problemas de Iker era originalmente un marcapaso. El jueves 2 de agosto de 2018 a las 6 de la tarde., se llevan a Iker a la sala de operaci&oacute;n.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando los doctores abrieron su peque&ntilde;o pecho, se sorprendieron, no saben c&oacute;mo nuestro ni&ntilde;o a vivido cuatro meses con un coraz&oacute;n tan da&ntilde;ado.<\/p>\n<p>El procedimiento de 2 horas se convirti&oacute; en una cirug&iacute;a de 10 horas. Y tuvo que ser revivido 3 veces durante la cirug&iacute;a. El plan para poner un marcapasos fall&oacute;. Se usaron diferentes estrategias pero no fueron exitosas.<\/p>\n<p>A Iker luego lo ponen en la m&aacute;quina ECMO. Un tipo de soporte de vida que es una espada de doble filo. La ECMO le salv&oacute; la vida pero tambi&eacute;n presenta muchos riesgos debido a los anticoagulantes utilizados para que pueda funcionar correctamente.<\/p>\n<p>La coagulaci&oacute;n de la sangre, el exceso de sangrado, las lesiones cerebrales y otros riesgos son los que nuestro peque&ntilde;o guerrero tiene que luchar todos los d&iacute;as para mantenerse con vida mientras esperamos un trasplante de coraz&oacute;n. Se hicieron otros tres procedimientos en un esfuerzo por comprar m&aacute;s tiempo para esperar un trasplante pero desafortunadamente nada funcion&oacute;. El coraz&oacute;n de Iker es demasiado d&eacute;bil y gastado y estar&aacute; en ECMO hasta que encontremos su coraz&oacute;n. Es una carrera contra el reloj.<\/p>\n<p>&iexcl;Cualquier cantidad ayudar&aacute;! Desde el fondo de nuestros corazones, &iexcl;gracias por su tiempo y generosidad! Nosotros la familia Su&aacute;rez Medina lo apreciamos mucho! &iexcl;Vuelve a nuestra p&aacute;gina COTA para ver todas las actualizaciones de nuestros peque&ntilde;o guerrero!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Children&#8217;s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) helps children and young adults who need a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support. COTA is the nation&rsquo;s only fundraising organization solely dedicated to raising life-saving dollars in honor of transplant-needy children and young adults. 100% of each contribution made to COTA in honor of our patients helps meet transplant-related expenses. COTA&rsquo;s services are free to our families, and gifts to COTA are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is our family&rsquo;s pleasure to introduce to you, our son Iker Suarez Medina! 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