Avery went in this morning for heart surgery and she is doing well as can be expected. We're so happy about that :) They had a hard time getting her i.v.'s in, but they're in now. The pressures in her heart are much better than before.
We just went into see her and she looks pretty good, better than she did after her first surgery. They closed up her chest completely and all we can see is the patch over it. She is sedated so she won't move around, mostly. She has a breathing tube in, feeding tube in, chest tube for drainage, 4 i.v.'s and some wires to measure pressures in her heart/control rhythm.
What they did in surgery today was: 1) took out shunt, 2) patched superior vena cava to pulmonary artery and 3) stregthened pulmonary artery. For #2, it basically means the un-oxygenated blood coming back from above her heart is now being directed straight to the p.a. leading to the lungs to get oxygen, instead of going to the heart to be pumped to the lungs (bypass the heart).
We have felt good about this surgery and thank you for all your prayers, fasting, help and concern for Avery and our whole family. We obviously hope that her recovery will go well and the smiling baby we left this morning will wake up and be strong and happy again!
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I'm so glad to hear it went well. You are all four in our prayers. We love you.
We are so happy to hear that Avery is doing so well. We are thinking about your family and hope to have you all back home in Toledo soon!
So glad to hear the surgery went well. Hopefully she has a fast recovery!
I was thinking about you & Avery yesterday. I am so relieved/happy to hear her surgery went well!Zach looked like he had fun at playgroup yesterday splashing water around and smiling. Keep us posted on everything. We look forward to seeing both of you soon.
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