The last we heard we were still on for surgery today. They are looking to take him about 1:00. So we have started the hard part. He isn't allowed to eat, and he really wants to. It is hard to listen to him cry and not help him. They have decided to sedate him early to keep him quiet. Now we just wait until they take him away. They don't anticipate him coming back until 7 or 8 tonight. This is all assuming that the first surgery of the day is done on time of course, so we will have to wait and see.
More later.
More later.
31 B:
31 C:
They just took him away to prep him for surgery.
31 C:
Surgery is underway. They are though the sternum and Thaddeus is on 'bypass'. This means that he is being kept alive by a heart and lung machine. The machine circulates his blood and keeps him breathing so that they can do the repair on his heart. They tell us that the biggest risk factor is actually not the surgery itself, but going onto and off of bypass. So far he seems to be responding well to everything they are doing.
31 D:
Boring. Did you ever notice how we underrate boring? It always seems to have a negative connotation and yet sometimes we are counting on, praying for, boring. Thaddeus's surgery, was to a certain degree, boring. For that I praise the Lord. It all went the way it was supposed to. The surgeon saw everything he thought he would see and did everything he thought he would see. The internal echo showed what they thought it would show. In fact, everything seemed to go exactly the way they thought it would. How boring, and how wonderful. Thank you God for boring.
They are finishing up with him and he should be heading back to the room within a half an hour. We will get to see him on his way to the room, but then we need to give them some time to let them get him all set up in the room. We will go catch some supper and freshen up meanwhile, and then come and check up on him later tonight. He will still be a bit under the effects of the sedation and the spinal block that they did for pain (yes I asked and it is similar to an epidural that some women get for delivery.) As such, he will be mellow and probably not eating. So, we will head back to the Ronald McDonald house to catch a few hours of sleep and come back tomorrow. That should be when he will need us the most as he will want to eat and will be very uncomfortable. Since they are re-routing his blood flow and changing the pressure some of his blood vessels, especially the ones in the brain, will be under, he will have what they describe as a headache. This will be on top of the rest of the aches and pains. They have already warned us that he may be inconsolable for a few days. This would be a big change from our happy smiling boy.
We thought he would be off of oxygen after this surgery, and he should be. What we didn't know is that it may happen right away after or several months after the surgery. We are really looking forward to not having to keep putting that up his nose. He LOVES to pull that thing out at any chance. In fact, last night he not only pulled a sensor off of his head, he also kicked a IV line right out of his leg. You Dad's can imagine how proud I was, and yes I know you moms are horrified. Don't worry, he didn't really need it.
That's all for today. Thanks for the prayers and remember to not give boring such a bad rap.
They are finishing up with him and he should be heading back to the room within a half an hour. We will get to see him on his way to the room, but then we need to give them some time to let them get him all set up in the room. We will go catch some supper and freshen up meanwhile, and then come and check up on him later tonight. He will still be a bit under the effects of the sedation and the spinal block that they did for pain (yes I asked and it is similar to an epidural that some women get for delivery.) As such, he will be mellow and probably not eating. So, we will head back to the Ronald McDonald house to catch a few hours of sleep and come back tomorrow. That should be when he will need us the most as he will want to eat and will be very uncomfortable. Since they are re-routing his blood flow and changing the pressure some of his blood vessels, especially the ones in the brain, will be under, he will have what they describe as a headache. This will be on top of the rest of the aches and pains. They have already warned us that he may be inconsolable for a few days. This would be a big change from our happy smiling boy.
We thought he would be off of oxygen after this surgery, and he should be. What we didn't know is that it may happen right away after or several months after the surgery. We are really looking forward to not having to keep putting that up his nose. He LOVES to pull that thing out at any chance. In fact, last night he not only pulled a sensor off of his head, he also kicked a IV line right out of his leg. You Dad's can imagine how proud I was, and yes I know you moms are horrified. Don't worry, he didn't really need it.
That's all for today. Thanks for the prayers and remember to not give boring such a bad rap.
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