09/18/2019
Last Summer, Beau made Texas state medical history when the fingertip-sized hole in his tiny heart was closed with the help of a highly specialized and minimally-invasive surgical technique at Children’s Heart Center at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. The hole, called a ventricular septal defect (VSD) was putting undue stress on his body, tiring him quickly and inhibiting his ability to eat and nourish himself. While many VSDs close on their own, it became apparent that Beau’s needed surgery.
He became the first child in the state to undergo right axillary thoracotomy, a novel approach to CHD repair that allows doctors to access the heart through an incision under the right arm rather than through traditional open heart surgery. The first day after surgery, Beau had enough energy to successfully breastfeed for the first time since he was three weeks old, by the following day he no longer needed pain medication, and by the fourth day, he was able to go home. His parents are thrilled with the results and say their only worry now is keeping up with Beau’s newfound appetite.
Beau Wyble was where he should be on a Friday night—at home with his parents, Jessica and Andrew Wyble, and his big sister. He was eating and sleeping like most other three-and-a-half-month-olds. Just four days earlier, Beau had made Texas state medical history of sorts when the fingertip-sized ho...
